Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to patients seen by our students in the clinics or on the wards. Prior to publication, each commentary is thoroughly reviewed for content by a faculty member.
Commentary by Marty Wolff MS-4, and Susan Zweig MD, Clinical Instructor, NYU Division of Endocrinology
NH is a 32 year-old obese Hispanic female with a history of…
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Commentary By David Goldfarb, M.D. Professor of Medicine, NYU Medical Center, Chief Nephrology Section VA New York Harbor
At the recent meeting of the National Kidney Foundation in Dallas, Dr. Orson Moe reviewed the links between diabetes and uric acid stones . Uric acid stones are most often caused by low urine pH. With a low urine pH, even relatively little uric acid can precipate, as it forms the…
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Commentary by Aaron Lord MD, PGY-1
A 39 year-old woman awakes one morning and notices that the left side of her face is droopy. While at work, she has trouble controlling her saliva and it dribbles down the left side of her chin. At dinner, she has trouble eating and notices food stuck between her lips and teeth on the left side. The next morning she sees her primary…
