title: General anesthesia is a reversible coma, not a deep sleep.
authors.affiliation: Outpatient Surgical Services, Southern Hills Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. debbie.sandlin@hcahealthcare.com
authors.forename: Debbie C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Sandlin-Leming
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003128:Coma; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep