The Covid pandemic has affected people from all walks of life worldwide, from health care worker to the community in general, and this has been on going for the past two years. Children and adolescents have had in person classes put on hold and have relied on on-line classes for their education. This has denied them the chance to meet people their age and to form friendships which are essential to growing up.

60% percent of the canons and rules of the Lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility also addresses ethical issues in the practice of medicine. In fact, jurisprudence on legal ethics can likewise clarify important ethical dilemmas in the practice of medicine.

Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevalence has been increasing for the past years in the Philippines since the early 1980s. The health care team which is comprised of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technologists, and other allied health practitioners is the front liner in the care and management of such patients afflicted with the disease.

This current study aims to report the clinical profiles and characteristics of diabetic patients who had been admitted for hyperglycemic crises from 2007 to 2017 at our institution.

This study aimed to determine the mental health of Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) in terms of their feelings and ability to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that motivated them to continue their work.

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study that intends to measure the degree of burnout and determine its association with depression, anxiety, and stress among health care workers in Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study aims to determine the difference in clinical outcomes between oral anticoagulation and no anticoagulation therapy among ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis with atrial fibrillation.

This study aims to describe and compare the cardiovascular risk factors and management strategies for primary prevention among Filipinos.

The objective of this study was to determine and compare the accuracy of qSOFA, NEWS, and SIRS criteria in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients suspected to have infection presenting at the emergency department (ED)

The study aims to compare the yield of malignancy between early fixation versus usual fixation of pleural fluid samples, meaning there is no set time for fixation to be done.

ANCA-associated vasculitis and its subtypes have been associated with pulmonary manifestations, with bronchiectasis being a unique clinical presentation. We report the case of a 26-year-old Filipino male who presented with progressive dyspnea, neuropathic pain, and purpuric rash.

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has been reported as a possible treatment for osmotic demyelination syndrome – central pontine myelinolysis (ODS-CPM), a degeneration of myelin within the central nervous system related to rapid hyponatremia correction, which though uncommon, has significant morbidity, and has no established specific treatment. We present our experience with a 41-year-old male with chronic kidney disease, maintained on steroids, who presented with lethargy and behavioral changes.

This review summarizes the biological rationale, mechanisms of action, and clinical evidence supporting the use of ICIs in advanced and selected early-stage NSCLC, with particular emphasis on agents currently approved or available in the Philippines.