C O N T E N T S
EDITORIAL
Telemedicine as the New Normal
Margarita T.Cayco, MD, FPCP
LEGAL PRESCRIPTION
Emergency Use Authorization
Atty. Rodel V. Capule, MD, FPCP
CONSENSUS STATEMENT
Approach to Lower the Cardiovascular Risk of Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence-based Consensus Statements of the Philippine Heart Association and Philippine Society of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism
Jorge A. Sison, MD, Cecilia A. Jimeno, MD, Bien J. Matawaran, MD, Imelda Caole-Ang, MD, and Eddieson M. Gonzales, MD
PSMO POSITION STATEMENT
COVID-19 Vaccine and Patients with Cancer
Frederic Ivan Ting, MD, Crizel Denise Uy, MD, Katrina Gaelic Bebero, MD, Danielle Benedict Sacdalan, MD,
Dennis Lee Sacdalan MD, Honey Sarita Abarquez, MD, Arnold John Uson, MD, Grace Nilo, MD,
and Buenaventura Ramos, Jr., MD
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The Correlation of Ankle Brachial Index and the severity of Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Tertiary Hospital in Davao City, Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study
Sime Raymond B. Fernandez, MD, and Annabelle Y. Lao-Reyes, MD, FPNA
Characteristics of Emergency Room Visits by Older Individuals in a Tertiary Government Hospital in Nueva Ecija
Marjorie A. Nolasco, MD
Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis/Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome and COVID-19: A Systematic Review
Shane B. Villamonte, MD, Marilyn Katrina C. Caro, MD, Elaine C. Cunanan, MD, MHPEd,
Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Single-Center Experience
Flordeluna Z. Mesina, MD, Claudette G. Mangahas, MD, Ellen M. Gatchalian, MD,
Mary Sheila Ariola-Ramos, MD, Rosalio P. Torres, MD
Post-operative Aspirin in preventing early renal allograft thrombosis: A Meta-Analysis
Daniel Y. Guevara, MD, Jameel Kristine L. Camenforte, MD, Maria Ana Louise M. Naidas, MD,
and Anthony Russell T.Villanueva, MD, FPCP, FPSN
Level of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping Strategies among Filipino Healthcare Workers (HCW) with Confirmed Covid-19 Infection using the Filipino-translated Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) 21 and Filipino Coping Strategies Scale in Perpetual Succour Hospital from March 2020 to September 2020: A One-Center Descriptive Study
Raymond S. Banquirigo, MD, Arnel Y. Conopio, MD, Giovanni A. Vista, MD, and Jill Henriett T. Mangubat, MD
Effectiveness of the Otago Exercise Programme in falls reduction among community-dwelling older people in Southeast Asia: a systematic review
Amal Azimah Haji Johar (BSc), Hjh Asmah Haji Husaini (PhD), and Shyh Poh Teo (FRACP).
Cross-Sectional Study on the Profiles and the Degree of Burnout among Resident Physicians in Private Tertiary Hospitals in Bacolod City: Proposed Life-Skills Program
Wendell Z. Espinosa, MD, MAHAD and Glenda Leslie T. Baker, PhDODSA, LPT, ILFA, AFP
Cross-cultural Visayan Translation and Validation of Beck’s Depression Inventory Scale Among Ambulatory Maintenance Hemodialysis at a Tertiary Training Hospital in Southern Mindanao, Philippines (BDI-VISAYAN)
Exequiel P. Dimaano, MD, Arnelia Bersales-Masendo, MD, Marius Oco, MD, Noel Pingoy, MD
CASE REPORT
Diagnostic Dilemma: A Case Report on Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma in a Patient with Suspected Ovarian Malignancy
Geraldine P. Cercado, MD, Jeremy Jones F. Robles, MD, FPCP, FPSEDM,
Carmela Rosanne A. Remotigue, MD, FPCP
