Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.56 No.3)

Volume 56 Number 3
July - September 2018 Issue

C O N T E N T S

EDITORIAL

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

- Joven Q. Tanchuco, M.D., FPCP

LEGAL PRESCRIPTION

Solicitation and Fee-splitting are Proscribed (Part II)

- Atty. Rodel V. Capule M.D.

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Permanent Pacemaker at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital: A Cross-sectional Correlational Study

- Nadia Muljadi, M.D.; Marcellus Francis L. Ramirez, M.D.

Clinical, Surgical, and Histopathologic Outcomes of Filipino Patients who Underwent Adrenalectomy in a Tertiary Hospital in Cebu, Philippines

Sarael S. Brobo Jr., M.D.; Imelda L. Bilocura, M.D.; Ceryl Cindy Y. Tan, M.D.

Risk Factors Associated with Repeat Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in a Tertiary Care Center in the Philippines: A Retrospective Cohort Study

- Waynila Mae P. Lim-Cuizon, M.D.; Imelda Lagula-Bilocura, M.D.

Comparison of Osteoporosis Risk Factors Among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus Admitted for Fragility Fractures at Makati Medical Center from 2015 to 2017

- Edelissa F. Payumo, M.D.; Carolyn Narvacan-Montano, M.D.; Monica Therese Cabral, M.D.

The Efficacy of Daily Compared to Twice Weekly Basal Insulin Titration Algorithms Among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus: A 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

Hannah Ruth V. Labajo, M.D.; Oliver Allan C. Dampil, M.D.

Change in HbA1c Among Filipino Diabetic Patients who Shifted from Multiple Daily Injection to Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study

- Annette Y. Chua M.D.; Michael Villa M.D.

Factors Leading To Poor Adherence To Titration Of Once-Daily Basal Insulin Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

- Sweet Garllie Albert R. Tappan, M.D.; Oliver Allan C. Dampil, M.D., FPCP, FPSEDM; Joselynna A. Quimpo, M.D., FPCP, FPSEDM

Disease Characteristics of Takayasu’s Arteritis Among Filipino Patients Seen at Rheumatology Clinics

Ivy Elline S. Afos, M.D.; Juneth Ria L. Hipe, M.D.; Collene Marizza G. Faustino, M.D.; Jaime M. Aherrera, M.D.; Lauro L. Abrahan IV, M.D.; Bernadette Heizel M. Reyes, M.D.

Radioactive Iodine Remnant Ablation and Disease Recurrence in Filipinos With Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

- Karen D. Lazaro, M.D.*; Mark Henry Joven, M.D.**; Ruben Kasala, M.D.

META-ANALYSIS

Blood Pressure Lowering Effects of Sodium Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors Among Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-analysis

Alius Cahyadi, M.D.; Cecilia A. Jimeno, M.D., FPCP, FPSEDM

 

CASE REPORT

Right Atrial Thrombus in an Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke Patient: A Case Report

Carol B. Gaspar, M.D.*; Arnold T. Pasia, M.D.