PJIM Archives

CONTENTS EDITORIAL Doctors and their Lifestyle Linda Lim-Varona, M.D. View Editorial LETTER TO THE EDITOR Anemia in the Elderly Albert O. Daysog, Jr., M.D. View Letter LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Importance of Documentation Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Bone Mineral Density Characteristics of Underweight and Obese Postmenopausal Filipino Women at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital […]

CONTENTS EDITORIAL Why Choose to Become a Doctor? Willie T. Ong, M.D. View Editorial ORIGINAL ARTICLES Weaning Outcome of Neurological Patients at the Intensive Care Unit of West Visayas State University Medical Center Maila Guitierrez-Buyco, M.D., Ma. Daisy Pedroso-Tabuena, M.D., and Rollin P. Tabuena, M.D. View Article Peripheral Arterial Disease’s Prevalence Using Ankle Brachial Indez (ABI): Its Association to Stroke

CONTENTS LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Consent for HIV Testing Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection among Tagalogs and Mangyans in Oriental in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Karen V. Evangelista, M.S., Leslie Michelle M. Daimacio, M.S., Jason Wells, Michael A. Kron, M.D. and Bernadette L. Ramirez, PhD View Article The Detection

CONTENTS EDITORIAL Empathy for Patients Rafael R. Castillo, M.D. View Editorial LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Liability of a Physicians “On-Call” Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Common Beliefs and Referral Patterns Among Physicians in the Therapeutic Approach to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Matthew G. Yap, M.D., Christy Abas, M.D., Ma. Regina Valcarcel, M.D., Geena Macalua, M.D., Jennifer Sandoval Tan, M.D., Mylene Estefa, M.D., Andres Mallen,

CONTENTS EDITORIAL Helping Achieve TB Control Within Our Lifetime Charles Yu, M.D., and Renato B. Dantes, M.D. View Editorial LEGAL PRESCRIPTION Legal Aid Program of the Philippine College of Physicians Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES First Trimester Positive Thyroid Peroxidase and Post-Partum Thyroiditis among Pregnant Filipino women at the Out Patient Department, Makati Medical Center Carolyn Narvacan Montano,

CONTENTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR ORIGINAL ARTICLES On Virgin Coconut Oil Albeto Daysog Jr., M.D. View Article ANSWER TO THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR On Virgin Coconut Oil, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Ricardo R. Santos, M.D. View Answer LEGAL PRESCRIPTION Falsification of Medical Certificates Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES The Yield of Utilization of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

CONTENTS ORIGINAL ARTICLES Process Characteristics in the Quality of Care of Colorectal Cancer Patients at the Philippines General Hospital Susano Tanael Jr., M.D., Corazon A. Ngelangel, M.D., Buenaventura Ramos, M.D., and Eunice Adanza, M.D. View Article Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC) Embolization of a Giant Cerebral Aneurysm: A First in the Philippines Joyce S. JUmangit, M.D.,

CONTENTS CLINICAL STUDIES Anti-Leukotrienes in Asthma Camilo C. Roa, Jr., M.D. View Studies A Survey on the medication Taking Behavior of Hypertensive Patients Agnes E. Domiguez-Mejia, M.D., Helen P. Caro, M.D., and Agnes Bridget I. Estrella, M.D. View Studies The Lipid Profile of Diabetic Patients at the Diabetes Clinic of the Philippine General Hospital Herbert

CONTENTS EDITORIAL Internal Medicine: A Peak Into the Future Mary Ann Lansang, M.D. View Editorial CLINICAL STUDIES The Economic Impact of Smoking in the Philippines Antonio Dans, M.D., Leonora Fernandez, M.D., Liberty Fajutaro, M.D., Maria Lourdes Amarillo, MSPH, Jose Felipe Hernandez, M.D., Ethel Tangarorang, M.D., Maria Vanessa Villaruz, RN, Sheila Marie Jadioc, RN, Ramon Navarra and

CONTENTS REVIEW ARTICLE Let us Cut Medical Cost Rudolfo S. Magat, M.D View Article ORIGINAL ARTICLES Pattern of Antithrombic Use in Stroke Patients Admitted at St. Luke’s Medical Center: A Retrospective Study Dorotheo L. FLoresca, Jr., M.D. View Article The Relevance of the Hibernating Myocardium, An Ischemic but Viable Myocardial Burden Ramon F. Abarquez, Jr.,