Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.59 No.2)

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