LEADER 03620nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910807899503321 005 20240418003539.0 010 $a1-282-35282-2 010 $a9786612352829 010 $a0-300-15499-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300154993 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010739 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000293478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211442 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292545 035 $a(PQKB)11658147 035 $a(DE-B1597)485124 035 $a(OCoLC)586098240 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300154993 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348451 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235282 035 $a(OCoLC)923594476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420556 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010739 100 $a20090313d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe deadly dinner party$b[electronic resource] $eand other medical detective stories /$fJonathan A. Edlow 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12558-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. The Deadly Dinner Party -- $t2. Everywhere That Mary Went -- $t3. The Baby and the Bathwater -- $t4. Rubbed the Wrong Way -- $t5. The Forbidden Fruit -- $t6. Two Ticks from Jersey -- $t7. An Airtight Case -- $t8. Monday Morning Fever -- $t9. The Case of the Wide-Eyed Boy -- $t10. A Study in Scarlet -- $t11. The Case of the Overly Hot Honeymoon -- $t12. Feeling His Oats -- $t13. The Case of the Unhealthy Health Food -- $t14. Little Luisa's Blinding Headache -- $t15. Too Much of a Good Thing -- $tSources -- $tIndex 330 $aPicking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment. 606 $aMedicine$vCase studies 606 $aDiagnosis, Differential$vCase studies 615 0$aMedicine 615 0$aDiagnosis, Differential 676 $a616.07/5 700 $aEdlow$b Jonathan A$01627227 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807899503321 996 $aThe deadly dinner party$93963702 997 $aUNINA