Notes: *Stage of illness, treatment, clinical, co-morbidities, and socio-demographic variables were entered as independent variables.
Impaired immediate memory and executive functions were only noted during episodes of illness.
No significant relationship was noted between severity of illness and PTSD symptoms or duration of delirium and PTSD symptoms.
Significant differences were noted in severity of illness and length of stay in both ICU and hospital.
To the Editor: Beginning in July 2009, physicians in the city of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China, noted an outbreak of illness characterized by rash, headache, subjective fever, itching, anorexia, and arthritis.
The patient had cared for ill camels in his herd of 9 animals starting in early October, when the patient noted respiratory signs of illness with nasal discharge in several animals; he continued caring for the sick animals until October 27, the day of onset of his own illness.
Jurecic notes the flood of illness narratives that appeared in response to the emergence of HIV/AIDs in the late twentieth century, and the establishment of illness/disability narratives as a literary genre at around this time, albeit one that is not taken very seriously by critics [ 20].
Note that the rates of illness are higher than a comparable US population.
Of note, a biological model of illness was significantly associated with enhanced treatment satisfaction and therapeutic relationships [ 6].
But O'Leary noted that the causes of illness in the elderly man's two sons were unclear and acknowledged the speculation they raised.
