Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.38 No.1)

Volume 38 Number 1

January - February 2000 Issue

C O N T E N T S

CLINICAL STUDIES

Anti-Leukotrienes in Asthma

Camilo C. Roa, Jr., M.D.

A Survey on the medication Taking Behavior of Hypertensive Patients

Agnes E. Domiguez-Mejia, M.D., Helen P. Caro, M.D., and Agnes Bridget I. Estrella, M.D.

The Lipid Profile of Diabetic Patients at the Diabetes Clinic of the Philippine General Hospital

Herbert Ho, M.D., Patricia Gatbonton, M.D., Mary Anne S. Batongbacal, M.D., and Mary Anne Lim-Abraham, M.D.

Attitudes of NKTI Staff Members Toward Kidney Organ Donation

Ronald S. Perez, M.D., and Rose Marie O. Rosete-Liquete, M.D.

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness and Safety of Once Daily Levoflaxicin Versus Ceftriaxone with or without Erythromycin in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Ma. Bella Siasoco, M.D., Josefino Bobadilla, M.D., Joselito Chavez, M.D., Suzette Lazo, M.D., and Mary Anne Lim-Abraham, M.D.

Clinical Review and Assessment of the Tolerability of Orlistat in the Treatment of Obesity

Augusto D. Litonjua, M.D., Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco, M.D., Jose Carlos Miranda, M.D., Rosa Allyn G. Sy, M.D.,

Buena D. Sapang, M.D., Lina Lantion-Ang, M.D., and Mary Anne Lim-Abraham, M.D.

Clinical Review and Assessment of the Toerability and Efficacy of Meloicam (Create 2): A Report on the Experience of 10,039 Filipino Patients

Renato B. Dantes, M.D.

CONSENSUS GUIDELINES

Guidelines for the Prevention, Treatment, and rehabilitation of Brain Attack: Part I: Primary Prevention of Stroke

Joven R. Cuanang, M.D., Dante D. Morales, M.D., Florante Trinidad, M.D., Fatima Collado, M.D., Artemio Roxas, M.D.,

and Joselito Tablante, M.D.