Is the pursuit of DREAMing (drinking, eating and mobilising) the ultimate goal of anaesthesia?

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Nicholas.levy@wsh.nhs.uk.
² Department of Anaesthesia, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
³ University College London Hospitals, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

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N Levy et al. Anaesthesia. 2016 Sep.

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. 2016 Sep;71(9):1008-12.

doi: 10.1111/anae.13495. Epub 2016 Apr 15.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Nicholas.levy@wsh.nhs.uk.
² Department of Anaesthesia, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
³ University College London Hospitals, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

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Keywords: anaesthetic care; communication; patient reported outcome measures; patient satisfaction; quality indicators.

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