vol. 21, no. 2 (2025)
The PCMC Journal
Description
The Philippine Children’s Medical Center Journal (PCMC Journal) is a peer-reviewed journal that is published bi-annually and publishes original scientific papers in basic and clinical pediatrics. It uses a single-blind peer review process, with papers from identified authors being reviewed by unidentified reviewers. The articles it accepts for publication may be in the form of collective and current reviews, original papers, case reports, lectures, essays, editorials, abstracts, or letters to the editor. All authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial board are required to submit a declaration of Conflict of Interest (COI) form of their financial and non-financial relationships and activities in relation to the journal.
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Table of contents
Front Matter
Editorial Page
Instruction to Authors
Articles
Clinical profile of children admitted at a tertiary government hospital with prolonged length of stay from January 2023 to December 2023
Cyndrill T. Almazan | Carmel Christine Torres-Castro
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Role of Japanese acupuncture in early return of bowel function after intraabdominal surgery in children between 3-18 years of age
Mary Martha T. Austria | Mary Esther Maala
Discipline: medicine by specialism
The effect of short message service (SMS) reminder on adherence to standard care and glycemic control of adolescent patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Kristine Mae D. Betansos | Ignace Claire P. Gamallo | Lorna R Abad
Discipline: medicine by specialism
The effects of early vs late human or bovine milk fortification on growth and safety parameters in low birth-weight preterm neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Clayton John B. Chua | Roffell D. Felisilda | Christine M. Guzman
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Clinical profile of pediatric patients with Pott’s disease in Philippine Children’s Medical Center from 2012-2022
Alexander Xerxes D. Malicse | Lucy Kathrina Banta- Banzali
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Active video games for weight management in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis
Maria Godesa F. Refuerzo | Michael M. Resurreccion
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Risk Factors for Relapse in Patients with Standard Risk B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Case Control Study
Ruth Anne A. Tugawin-Montano | Cindy Faye M. Alim | Jerry Pua R. Arias-Briones
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Neurodevelopmental comorbidities and seizure characteristics of children with focal epilepsy below eight years old in Philippine Children’s Medical Center: A cross-sectional analytical study
Mae Caridad M. Ynclino | Carolyn Grace T. Madariaga | Katherine Grace R. Tan | Bernice Louise Ho-Jao | Mel Michel Villaluz
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Clinical Review at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center
Maria Beatriz P. Gepte | Maria Luz O. Del Rosario | Eustacia M. Rigor
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Rasmussen’s Syndrome in a 9-Year-Old Filipino Treated with IVIG and Rituximab
Krystle V. Rustia | Ma. Marisse D. Dizon | Mel Michel Villaluz
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Back Matter
Back Matter