Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.60 No.4)

C O N T E N T S 

LEGAL PRESCRIPTION

Lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility: why is it relevant in the practice of medicine? Part II

ATTY. RODEL V. CAPULE, MD, FPCP

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Evaluation of Urine L-FABP Point of Care Kit in the Philippines as Predictive Marker of Clinical Severity of COVID-19 (EPOCH COVID study)

Alberto Chua, MD, Lynn Gomez, MD, Rontgene Solante, MD, Kay Beltran, MD, Eric Chua, MD,Renz Pasilan, MD, 

Erika Chan, MD, Nica Lee, MD, Ann Celestyn Uichanco, MD, Micaela San Diego, MD,4 and Abegail Danasen, MD

Filipino Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude and Perception regarding Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a High TB Burden City in Central Luzon: A Cross- Sectional Study

Jerome Manzano, MD, Divina Cristy Redondo-Samin, MD, Maria Lourdes Nocum, MD, and Albert Tanwani, MD

The Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and its Association with Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at the Batangas Medical Center – Out Patient Department

Ferdinand M. Anzo, MD, and Florence A. Santos, MD

The Role of First Trimester HbA1c as a Predictor of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes among Non-Diabetic Pregnant Filipino Women

Arriza Kryssan M. Soria, MD, and Ceryl Cindy Y. Tan, MD

Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum 1,5-anhydroglucitol as a Surrogate Measure of Glycemic Variability Among Adult Filipinos with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study

Ainee Krystelle C. Lee, MD, Joebeth S. Tabora, MD, Christian Bernard T Cheng, MD, and Rosa Allyn Sy, MD

Prevalence and Associated Clinical Factors of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease in Filipino Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross Sectional Study

Kento Takahashi, MD, Angela Apostol-Alday, MD, Mark Isaiah Co, MD, and Alvin De Aquino, MD

A Retrospective Cohort Study on the Treatment Outcome after Unilateral Adrenalectomy among Patients with Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital

Karren L. Antonio, MD, and Bien J. Matawaran, MD

CASE REPORT

Hairy Cell Leukemia in a Filipino Male during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Report of a Rare Case

Karmina Vianca A. Viray, MD, and Maribeth Buan Mayo, MD

Acute Pancreatitis in Early Postpartum Woman with Confirmed Covid-19: A Rare Case Report

Agatha Pradana, MD, Yuyun Lisnawati, MD, Botefilia Arjunadi, MD, Maulana Suryamin, MD

 A Case Report of Herpes Zoster of the Trigeminal Ganglion after Coronavirus 2019 Vaccination in a 22-year-Old Male

Redentor R. Durano, MD

 Neurosyphilis with Ocular Involvement in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: A Case Report

Ma. Althea Kathrine B. Elinzano, MD, Ellalyne R. Hufana, MD, Kristine Joy C. Bajandi, MD, Rosally P. Zamora, MD, and Andre Angelo G. Tanque, MD

 Paraparesis in a Young Adult: A Case Report on Neurofibromatosis-2

Tristan M. Colasito, MD, Bayani Pocholo T. Maglinte, MD, and Jeremyjones F. Robles, MD

Idiopathic Pyoderma Gangrenosum a Rare Cause of Ulcerative Lesion in the Leg: A Case Report

Jovy Louie Anthony R. Vergara, MD, and Jeremyjones F. Robles, MD

Melioidosis as a Rare Cause of Deep Surgical Site Infection in a Filipino Patient with Metastatic Spinal Disease: A Case Report

Marc Lawrence S. Soco, MD, and Bryan Albert T. Lim, MD