Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.59 No.4)

C O N T E N T S 

LEGAL PRESCRIPTION

 Wallet Biopsy: necessary or not?

 - ATTY. RODEL V. CAPULE, MD, FPCP

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Measurement of Anxiety and Depression Among Cancer Patients Seen in an Outpatient Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital Using the Validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Pilipino Version (HADS-P)

 - Kenneth Samala, MD, Paolo Dela Rosa, MD, Dennis Sacdalan, MD

Glycemic Gap as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Tertiary Hospital in Metro Manila: A Retrospective Cohort Study

 - Mariel C. Enverga, MD, Maria Jocelyn C. Isidro, MD, Carolyn N. Montano, MD

Effectiveness and Safety of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as an Adjunctive Treatment for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Systematic Review

 - Charles Eryll S. Sy MD, Jomell C. Julian MD, and Flordeluna Z. Mesina MD

Factors affecting mental health outcomes of healthcare workers at Cardinal Santos Medical Center during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic

 - Archimedes A. Apa-ap, MD, Rosa Allyn G. Sy, MD, Marc Conrad C. Molina, MD

Improvement in Specimen Adequacy with Ultrasound-guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) of Thyroid Nodules Using Rapid On-site Evaluation (ROSE): A Cross-sectional Study

 - Pia Pamela P. Dungca, MD, Francis Bryant G. Chua, MD, Elizabeth Ann S. Alcazaren, MD

Correlation Between Admitting Blood Glucose Levels and Hospital Outcome in Patients who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

 - Alta Gracia B. Damalerio, MD, Imelda Lagula-Bilocura, MD, and Ma. Vircel Duyongco-Tiu, MD

Meta-analysis on the Role of Pregabalin in Fibromyalgia

 - Andri Reza Rahmadi, MD, Guntur Darmawan, MD, and Laniyati Hamijoyo, MD

CASE REPORT

Tuberculous Laryngitis mimicking as Fungal Laryngitis: A Case Report

Cassius Kay G. Ramos, MD, Jeremyjones F. Robles, MD

Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Cancer to the Scapula with Rotator Cuff Muscles Involvement: A Case Report

Sienna Ross S. Chavez, MD, Jeremyjones F. Robles, MD

Guillain-Barre Syndrome after Appendectomy: A Case Report

Von Edward S. Salcedo, MD, Marissa Ong, MD

Complete Androgen Insensitivity in Two Filipino Siblings: A Case Report

Vanessa S. Ediza, MD, Alistair Kashmir C. De la Cruz, MD, Mae Rhea Lim-Pacoli, MD, Albert L. Chu MD

Clinical Profile and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Series

Faith Yu Santos-Caratao, MD, and Oliver Allan Dampil, MD