Anesthesiology involves rendering a patient comfortable and physiologically stable before, during, and after a procedure using reversible anesthesia. General anesthesia is used for surgical procedures to make the patient unaware of painful stimuli. Anesthesia decreases the body's stress response to surgery and is associated with lowering blood pressure and blunting the central sympathetic nervous system. The main targets of inhalational anesthetics are the brain, and there are two main types - inhalational for maintenance of anesthesia and intravenous for induction and short procedures. Inhalational anesthetics like halothane, enflurane, and isoflurane are commonly used but each has specific advantages and disadvantages.