General Summary

As of December 2008, there were 12 on-going, 6 completed, 2 published and 4 presented research/studies in the department.

Research Papers

On-going

R Agustin, R Galsim. The value of computed tomography of the head in patients with minor head injury.

MG Maligaya, L Lacuna-Tamayo. Flow pattern and resistive index as predictors of malignancy in thyroid nodules.

LK Legaspi, J Legaspi. A retrospective study of adrenal incidentalomas in CT scan patients from the Philippine General Hospital.

MT Natividad, MD Andaya. Effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Multi-slice Computed Tomography in determining the extent of sequestrum in chronic osteomyelitis as measured by the recurrence rate after surgery.  

RF Sagpao. A pilot study on the use of air enema for the reduction of intussusception: a UP-PGH experience.

D Fegidero. A retrospective study: prevalence of abnormal patellar length ratio on MRI in patients with knee pain.

M David. The design, evaluation and implementation of an E-learning tool for teaching basic plain film chest radiology to the UP-PGH first year family medicine residents.

M David. Anatomic variation of the sphenoid sinus and related structures in the UP-PGH population: CT scan study

AU Merca. Chest radiograph presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis in diabetic patients among Filipino adults.

EJ Carpio. Comparative analysis on the use of seven different open-source post-processing programs for volumetric three-dimensional rendering using Multi-detector CT and MRI DICOM data sets.

DK De Guzman. Establishing the ideal site for non-image guided paracentesis in the Filipino patient.

P Estacion. Review of lumbosacral MRI studies of PGH patients with possible juvenile disc disorder: a retrospective study.

Completed

AD Grasparil II. MRI determination of the length and area of the corpus callosum among PGH patients.

R Agustin. The value of cranial CT scan in adult patients with mild head injury: a retrospective study.

MS Cabato. Radiographic Analysis of the Filipino ethmoid roof based on Keros Classification.

MT Benedicto. Involving the private sector in TB control in an invigorated national TB program.

MT Benedicto. Evidence based recommendation on the roles of radiologic imaging, sputum induction and bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of adult tuberculosis in the Philippine setting.

MT Benedicto. A rare case of disseminated Streptococcus infection in a diabetic patient without pneumonia.

Publications/Convention Presentations

MT Benedicto. The effect of SVC dose radiotherapy on dyspnea among patients with superior vena cava syndrome in the Philippine General Hospital setting. Phil J. Internal medicine 45: 115-120, May-June 2007. Poster presentation at the European Respiratory Society’s Annual Convention, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2007.

MT Benedicto. Diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of Tuberculosis: 2006 update. Task force on Tuberculosis, Philippine Practice Guidelines Group in Infectious Diseases; Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines. PPGG-ID Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Inc., Philippine College of Physicians and Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis Vol 2 No 3 2006.

MT Benedicto. Involving the private sector in TB control in an invigorated national TB program. Oral presentation at the Annual Convention of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Other lung diseases (IUATLD), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2007.

MT Benedicto. Evidence based recommendation on the roles of radiologic imaging, sputum induction and bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of adult tuberculosis in the Philippine setting. Submitted for publication in the Journal of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians.

MT Benedicto. A rare case of disseminated Streptococcus infection in a diabetic patient without pneumonia. Poster presentation during the Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) 2007 and submitted for publication in their specialty journal.

MS Cabato. Radiographic Analysis of the Filipino ethmoid roof based on Keros Classification. Presented in the Asian Research Symposium on Rhinology, November 2008, Thailand. Won 1^st prize in the Philippine Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Analytical Research Paper Contest, November 30, 2007, Sofitel Plaza, CCP Complex, Pasay City.