Acta Medica Philippina

Articles

• The All-of-Society Approach to Evidence-informed Policymaking in the Implementation of the Universal Healthcare Act of 2019

  Beatrice J. Tiangco, MD, MSCE

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• Breast Cancer in the Philippines: A Financing Cost Assessment Study

  Madeleine de Rosas Valera, MD, MSc International Health, Julienne Clarize P. Lechuga, Lourdes Risa S. Yapchiongco, MMedSc, Necy S. Juat, MD, Mary Juliet De Rosas Labitigan, MS Soc Dev, Maria Lourdes E. Amarillo, MPH (Biostatistics), Leo M. Flores, Maebel Audrey R. Joaquin, RPm, MD, Adelberto R. Lambinicio

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• Is Satisfaction with the Medication Provisions of the Senior Citizens Act and Frequency of Senior Identification Card Use Associated with Medication Compliance among Hypertensive Patients in the Philippines?

  Nativity R. Labbao, Mary Kriznah S. Hidalgo, Ram Joseph D. Doroliat, Daisy Mae Alegado-Bagaoisan, RPh, MSc, Kevin Jace A. Miranda, PhD, Rogie Royce Z. Carandang, PhD

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• Prevalence of Soil-transmitted Helminth, Hepatitis A, and Helicobacter pylori Infections among Municipal Solid Waste Workers in Baguio City

  Mark Gideon M. Wallis, RMT, Jannette D. Awisan, MSMT

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• Survival Rates of Pancreatic and Periampullary Adenocarcinoma Patients with Oligometastasis Surgically Managed at UP-PGH: A Ten-year Single-center Experience

  Teressa Mae D. Bacaro, MD, Apolinario Ericson B. Berberabe, MD, Dante G. Ang, MD

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• Evaluation of the Blood Glucose-Lowering Effect of the Aqueous Leaf Extract of Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) on Alloxan-induced Diabetes in Male ICR Mice (Mus musculus)

  Kelechi Precious Ogbonnaya, RPh, MSPharma, Leonila A. Estole-Casanova, MD, MSc, Cecilia A. Jimeno, MD, Lynn Crisanta R. Panganiban, MD, Maria Stella T. Giron, MD, PhD , Richard Henry P. Tiongco II, MD

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• A Retrospective Comparison of Treatment Response between Short Course (6 months) and Extended Course (9 to 12 months) among Filipino Women with Genital Tract Tuberculosis who underwent Medical Management in a Tertiary Government Hospital from January 2015

  Raissa Marie M. Tud, MD, Analyn T. Fuentes-Fallarme, MPH

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• Association of SARS-COV-2 Real-Time PCR Cycle Threshold (Ct) Values with the Clinical and Laboratory Profiles of Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Admitted in Tertiary Infectious Disease Hospital in Manila: A Retrospective Study

  Edith S. Tria, MD, Joy P. Calayo, RMT, MSc, Zita R. Dela Merced, MD, Joel T. Duque, MD, Cayel Jurist C. Garong, John Robert C. Medina, MD, MHS, Geraldine B. Dayrit, RMT, MSc, DRDM, RMicro, PhD

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• Clinical Outcome of Patients with Osteogenesis Imperfecta on Intravenous Pamidronate Treatment at the Philippine General Hospital from 2010-2018

  Cheryll Magbanua-Calalo, MD, Ebner Bon G. Maceda, MD, Maria Melanie Liberty B. Alcausin, MD

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• Predictive Factors of Transient Congenital Hypothyroidism among Filipino Children: A Retrospective Study

  Lorna R. Abad, MD, Ebner Bon G. Maceda, MD, Angela Marie D. Leyco, MD, Sylvia C. Estrada, MD

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• Antibacterial and Biofilm-inhibiting Activity of the Crude Psidium guajava Ethanolic Leaf Extracts against Biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 12228)

  Leeland Anthony L. dela Luna, MS, PharmD, RPh, Ailyn M. Yabes, MScPH, DrPH, Cecilia Nelia C. Maramba-Lazarte, MD, MScID, MScCT, Irma R. Makalinao, MD, MA, PhD (ca), Lynn Crisanta R. Panganiban, MD, Richard Henry P. Tiongco II, MD

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• Impact on Transmissibility and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 of the Mandatory Face Shield Use in Addition to Mask during the Pandemic: The Philippine Experience

  Mario B. Prado Jr., MD, Manuel Peter Paul C. Jorge II, MD

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