Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.57 No.1)

Volume 57 Number 1
January to March 2019

C O N T E N T S

EDITORIAL

A Filipino Doctor’s Entanglement with the Pharmaceutical Industry

- Francisco, P. Tranquilino, M.D

Peer Reviewers from 2017 to 2018

LEGAL PRESCRIPTION

The “Good Samaritan” Rule

- Atty. Rodel V. Capule M.D.

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Lupus among Filipinos: Unmet needs

- Sandra V. Navarra, M.D.; Robelle Mae D.V. Tanangunan ; and  Ma. Imee Lynne C. Esquibel, M.D.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Appropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Adult Patients Admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital

- Jacklyn M. So-Cabahug, M.D.; and Leticia Ibañez-Guzman, M.D.

Assessment of Compliance to 2016 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundles among Adult Patients Admitted at ManilaMed–Medical Center Manila Diagnosed with Sepsis

- Cherry Lois M. Benjamin, M.D.; and Evalyn Roxas, M.D.

The Development and Acceptability of a Board Game to Supplement Standard Diabetes Education at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital

Cecilia Angela Y. Paraiso-Galang, M.D.; and  Maria Honolina S. Gomez, M.D.

Functional Disability of Filipino Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis seen at a Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic of a Tertiary Government Hospital

- Bernadette Heizel Manapat-Reyes, M.D.; Ivy Elline S. Afos, M.D.;and Ester G. Penserga, M.D.

CASE REPORT

Bumps of Blood Cells: A Case Report of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm in an Elderly Filipino and Review of the Literature

- Christian Bernard T. Cheng, M.D.; Ellen M. Gatchalian, M.D.; Flordeluna Z. Mesina, M.D.; and Alejandro Arevalo, M.D.

Metastatic Infection: A Case Report

- Jacklyn So-Cabahug, M.D.; and Jennifer Manzano, M.D.

Pulmonary Arterial Aneurysm with Thrombus Formation and Atrial Septal Defect with Pulmonary Hypertension

- Sime Raymond B. Fernandez, M.D.; and Jessie F. Orcasitas, M.D.

Gastrointestinal Vasculitis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Successful Treatment with Belimumab

- Elaine T. Veñegas, M.D.; Joenavin Ngo, M.D.; and Sandra V. Navarra, M.D.

Liver Abscess Harbors Melioidosis: A Case Report on this Rare Finding in A Potentially Endemic Community

- Emily Mae L. Yap, M.D.; Minette Claire SG Ocampo-Rosario, M.D.;and Ira Inductivo-Yu, M.D.

CLINICAL TRIAL

Effectiveness and Safety of Vildagliptin Monotherapy or in Combination with Other Antihyperglycemic Agents in Patients with T2DM: A Real-world Observational Study in the Philippines

- Reynaldo Rosales, M.D.; and Cyril Joseph Tolosa, M.D.