Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.52 No.3)

Volume 52 Number 3
July - September 2014 Issue

C O N T E N T S

EDITORIAL

How To Get Your Research Paper Published at PJIM

- Linda Lim-Varona, M.D.

LEGAL PRESCRIPTION

When Your Patient is a “Public Figure”

- Atty. Rodel V. Capule M.D.

ORIGINAL PAPERS

Endocrine Malignancies: A Five-Year Retrospective Analysis in a Tertiary Hospital

- Celeste C. Ong-Ramos, M.D.; Leila Sawadjaan, M.D.; Michael L. Villa, M.D.

Reference Intervals in Thyroid Function Tests in the Third Trimester in Pregnant Filipino Women

 - Aileen A. Bautista, M.D.; Mark Q. Antonio, M.D.; Cecilia Jimeno, M.D.; Laura Acampado, M.D.; Mary Anne Lim-Abrahan, M.D.; Efren Domingo, M.D.

The Relationship Between Hypothyroidism and Color Vision Deficiency Among Filipino Adults Seen at the Makati Medical Center

 - Arianne S. Umali, M.D.; Augusto D. Litonjua, M.D.; Carolyn N. Montano, M.D.

Adherence to Guidelines on Anticoagulant Management Among Adult Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at the Philippine General Hospital

 - Leora Flor Macapugay, M.D.; Giselle G. Gervacio, M.D.; Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan, M.D.; Jodette Joy H. Lavente, M.D.

A Randomized Double-Blind Comparison of Fixed Versus Calculated Radioiodine Dose in the Treatment of Graves’ Hyperthyroidism

 - Maria Louella Miranda-Padua, M.D.; Elaine C. Cunanan, M.D.; Sjoberg A. Kho, M.D.; Millicent Marcelo, M.D.; Juan F. Torres, M.D.; 

Orestes P. Monzon, M.D.; Teofilo San Luis, M.D.; Mario Milo, M.D.;Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, M.D.

CASE REPORT

A Filipino with Polyangiitis Overlap Syndrome and Associated Multiple Infections

 - Geraldine Z. Racaza, M.D.; Lauro L. Abrahan IV, M.D.; Katrina Angela Z. Reyes, M.D.; Ester G. Penserga, M.D.

Successful Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura with a Month-long Therapeutic Plasma Exchange and Immunosuppressive Agents

 - Joy Aquino, M.D.; Flordeluna Zapata-Mesina, M.D.; Pamela Rose Mancio, M.D.; Nemuel Valmoria, M.D.; Ma Rosario Irene D. Castillo, M.D.

CLINICAL TRIAL

Clinical Experience with BIAsp 30: Results from the Philippine Cohort of the Global A1chieve Study

 - Mary Anne Lim-Abrahan, M.D.; Anand B Jain, M.D.; Susan Yu-Gan, M.D.; Leorino M. Sobrepena, M.D.; Veronica A. Racho, M.D.