Anesthesiology (Pain Management)

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Service Overview

Anesthesiologists are the doctors who provide pain relief during surgery and recovery. They focus on maintaining your vital life functions, such as breathing, heart rate and body temperature as well as your comfort.

Service Details

How anesthesiologists care for you depends on the nature of your procedure. General anesthesia affects your whole body. Regional anesthesia numbs or blocks the feeling in part of your body. Sedation relaxes you and reduces pain without “putting you under.”

Our anesthesia specialists are dedicated to your comfort. They focus on finding the most effective approach with the lowest risks to maximize your safety and well-being.

Among the specialized services provided by the anesthesiology department are:

Administration of anesthesia
Critical care
Diagnosis of acute and chronic pain syndromes
Injections and nerve blocks
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
Management of acute and chronic pain
Perioperative pain management
Preoperative medical evaluations
Spinal-cord stimulation
Spinal-infusion systems

Care at Kapiʻolani

When it comes to anesthesiology, children require special attention. As Hawaiʻi's only pediatric specialty hospital, Kapiʻolani understands these special needs and has the doctors on hand to meet them.

Our anesthesiologists bring expertise to the areas of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care for patients in the administration of medications to control pain and support life functions during surgery.

Care at Pali Momi

For patients in Central and West Oʻahu who need surgery, Pali Momi provides expert anesthesiologists to manage the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care, including the medical discharge of the patient from the recovery room.

Care at Straub Benioff

Straub Benioff anesthesiologists provide nationally recognized care to their patients. Its team is comprised of physicians, nurse anesthetists and respiratory therapists.

Pain Management Services

Our physicians provide services for the management of acute and chronic pain. These services are designed to restore function and increase the quality of life for patients who experience pain syndromes.

Care at Wilcox

For patients on Kauaʻi who need surgery, Wilcox provides expert anesthesiologists to manage preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care, including the medical discharge of the patient from the recovery room.