Examines the legal and ethical implications of clinic appointments, including patient and physician no-shows, the physician’s discretion in accepting patients, and the obligations imposed during emergencies, highlighting the circumstances under which a physician must provide care despite the absence of a prior appointment.

Sepsis is thought to affect over 30 million individuals all over the world annually, and puts at risk of death some six million of these people. The incidence of sepsis throughout the world had been reported to be 22 to 240 cases per 100,000 persons using the old sepsis definition. In February 2016, the Sepsis-3 definitions drastically changed the paradigm for sepsis. This 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) adopted the new definitions and the latest evidence on sepsis and septic shock.

In the Philippines, lung cancer is the most common cancer in males and the fourth most common cancer in females. It continues to pose a huge burden on patients and the whole healthcare system and considerable variation in practices in management have been observed among clinicians and institutions. This lung cancer CPG aims to give recommendations on aspects of lung cancer diagnosis and management where significant variability and controversy in clinical practice is observed in the country. It does not aim to cover all aspects of the management of lung cancer. It is intended to be used by general physicians and specialists, other healthcare professionals, policymakers to improve lung cancer management. Its target beneficiaries are the patients with lung cancer, and indirectly the whole of society in the Philippines.

Smoking is prevalent among Filipinos, but little is known about whether this is associated with the rapid decline of the renal function among patients with existing chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not there is a direct relationship of smoking to the progression of CKD requiring patient to be on dialysis/renal replacement therapy.

Sleep health is essential to overall physical, mental and neurobehavioral well-being. Poor sleep quality has been linked to numerous health conditions, impaired school and work performance and increased risk for accidents. Hence, evaluation of a person’s sleep health is vital to any medical examination. Questionnaires such as Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) have an important role in the preliminary evaluation of sleep health. PSQI has been regarded as the standard instrument to measure sleep quality. It has been translated into several languages and has been validated in various populations. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Filipino version of the PSQI.

Pneumonia continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Locally, pneumonia is the 3rd cause of death (2016). Currently, one of the concerns is the rise of resistant microorganisms particularly MRSA. Knowledge regarding MRSA pneumonia is mostly from international data. This study aims to determine the factors that may affect the outcome of MRSA and non-MRSA pneumonia as well as describe the susceptibility patterns of its etiologic agents.

A population-based cross-sectional study to update the current status of diabetes care in the Philippines, specifically to determine glycemic control, trends in DM management, prevalence of complications and lastly their clinico-socio demographic profile.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is currently a global health crisis and is caused by a new strain of coronavirus. However, emerging literature of case reports noted possible extrapulmonary manifestations of the disease. Because COVID 19 is a relatively new disease, at present, little existing literature tackles the diagnosis and therapeutic management of COVID‐19‐related conditions outside the pulmonary system.

Thyroid storm and thionamide-induced agranulocytosis are both rare and serious medical emergencies. We report a case of a patient in which these two rare events simultaneously occurred. A 33-year-old male, maintained on Methimazole for Graves’ Disease, presented with fever, throat pain, and uncontrolled thyrotoxic symptoms.

This paper aims to present a case of a spontaneous acute subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a dural arteriovenous fistula of the occipital lobe, along with its clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.