CONTENTS
LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
– Joseph Adrian L. Buensalido, Anna Flor Gaboy Malundo, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Jose Donato A. Magno, Marie Kirk Patrich A. Maramara, Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan, Maria Teresa F. Sanchez-Tolosa, Gerardo M. Briones, Jr.,Aaron Mark R. Hernandez, Anthony F. Pantaleon,Joanne B. Robles, Faith Joan M. Gaerlan, Christopher G. Manalo, Paulette D. Nacpil-Dominguez, Hannah C. Urbanozo-Corpuz,Joyce B. Bernardino, Rona Marie A. Lawenko, Elvie Victonette B. Razon-Gonzalez,Teresita E. Dumagay, Josephine Anne C. Lucero,Anne Kristine H. Quero, Maria Clariza M. Santos, Cybele Lara R. Abad, Karl Evans R. Henson, Honey Jane B. Limos, Monica Pia R. Montecillo, Leonell Albert L. Quitos, Sebar S. Sala, Maria Sonia S. Salamat, Joanne Carmela M. Sandejas, Krishja T. Dela Torre, Bryan Paul G. Ramirez, Isabelle Dominique V. Tomacruz, Anthony Russell T. Villanueva, Albert B. Albay, Jr., Gene Phillip Louie C. Ambrocio, Blake Warren C. Ang, Jamie R. Chua, Anjuli Mae P. Jaen, Jonray R. Magallanes, Irene Rosellen P. Tan, Mithi Kalayaan S. Zamora, Marissa M. Alejandria, Mari Rose A. De los Reyes
Michelle Angela Tan-Reyes, MD,1 Marcelino Imasa, MD, Bernadette Marie Dy-Olaer, RN, MD, MCM (MO), and Arabelle Coleen Ofina, MD
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
– Chernobyll M. Larang, MD, and Ken P. Manongas, MD
– Kris Anne N. Bernabe, MD, Rosalina B. Espiritu-Picar, MD
Maricon V. Yap, MD, Froilan Jacinto R. Obillo MD, and Ken P. Manongas MD
Ernesto L. Ang, MD, MS, Araceli A. Panelo, MD, MS, Leorino M. Sobrepeña MD, MS, Rima T. Tan, MD, MS, Richard Elwyn Fernando MD, MS,
Marcelo A. Lim MD, MS, Jose Ronilo G. Juangco, MD, MPH
CASE REPORT
Mariean Rocielle D. Gnilo, MD, Florence Amorado-Santos, MD, and Kenedy Cruzat, MD
Valerie R. Ramiro, MD, Jose Paolo P. Panuda, MD, Cecileen Anne M. Tuazon, MD, Roland Reuben B. Angeles, MD, and Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, MD
Giovanni A. Vista, MD, and Noel J. Belonguel, MD