Eemphasizes the importance of transparent, evidence-based, and culturally relevant clinical practice guideline development, using the national Chronic Hepatitis B and C guidelines as an example, and guides healthcare professionals in identifying trustworthy guidelines that can improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
 

Explains the legal and ethical foundations of anonymous HIV testing in the Philippines, highlighting how these protections safeguard patient privacy, reduce stigma, and encourage individuals to seek testing without fear of discrimination or unwanted disclosure.
 

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a devastating disease that is increasingly being diagnosed among Filipinos, especially in at-risk populations. There are disease-specific nuances in the evaluation and management of this infection. Furthermore, advances in the field brought about by clinical research are rapidly moulding the way we evaluate and manage HCV patients. The Hepatology Society of the Philippines spearheaded the formation of these statements which aimed to address issues in the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up care of patients with HCV infection.

Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) embarked on the development of consensus statements on the management of hepatitis B with the primary objectives of standardizing approach to management, empowering other physicians involved in the management of hepatitis B and advancing treatment subsidy by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). In view of the above, the Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) embarked on the development of consensus statements on the management of hepatitis B with the primary objectives of standardizing approach to management, empowering other physicians involved in the management of hepatitis B and advancing treatment subsidy by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).

One under-explored area in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients is anxiety and/or depression, which may have negative impact in the patients’ condition. This is possibly the first study to possibly assess the burden of anxiety and depression in COPD patients in the Philippines.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is considered a rare disease. In the Philippines, there are currently no local registry for such rare disease, thus clinical features that may be unique to the country is difficult to characterize. The objecive was to characterize the TTP patients seen in our institution based on the demographic, clinical and laboratory profile of these patients.

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome (DHF/DSS) occurs only in a small number of dengue fever (DF). This condition, when coupled with a form of congenital hemolytic anemia called Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS), will turn a relatively manageable case of DF into a complicated condition with very poor prognosis. Here we report a case of a 19-year-old male student from Manila who came in with fever, jaundice, and dengue warning signs.

Differentiated thyroid cancer is a common endocrine malignancy with an indolent course and a high overall survival rate. With more cases diagnosed early, survivors of this cancer live longer and hence are at risk of second primary cancers. In patients with known primary malignancy, work-up often focuses on the primary disease, so that coexistence of another primary malignant lesion can be missed. We report a case of a 78 year-old Filipino male diagnosed to have papillary thyroid cancer with nodal metastases presenting with an incidental rectosigmoid cancer on pre-operative workup.