Clinical Cases

Dr. Fielder has submitted a sampling of cases from Kijabe Hospital for publication on Medscape, a website focused on continuing medical education for healthcare professionals. Please follow the links below for information about the series “Geographic Medicine” and for an introduction to the interesting diseases encountered at Kijabe.”

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• Cases From Kijabe Mission Hospital, Kijabe, Kenya -- Introduction 
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460190

• Geographic Diseases -- A New Section in Medscape General Medicine 
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460235

• Memories of Kijabe -- A Response to the New Geographic Diseases Section
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461734
   
• Case 1 -- A 65-Year-Old Female Patient Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With a Complaint of Left Thigh Swelling
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460191 
   
• Case 2 -- A 42-Year-Old Man Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With a Prolonged History of Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461965
   
• Case 3 -- A 24-Year-Old Woman Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital for Evaluation of Dyspnea and Hypotension
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/463140
   
• Case 4 -- Fielder JF. A 23-Year-Old Woman Admitted to Kijabe Mission Hospital With Bilateral Lower Extremity Gangrene. Medscape General Medicine. 15 March 2004: 6(1).
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470815
  
  
• Case 5 -- Fielder JF, Otieno T, Solfelt D.  A 38-Year-Old Man Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With a Swollen, Draining Right Foot. Medscape General Medicine. 27 April 2004: 6(2).
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/472432
   
• Case 6 -- Fielder JF.  An 18-Year-Old Female Was Admitted to the Hospital With Uncontrollable Writhing Movements. Medscape General Medicine. 11 August 2004: 6(3).
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/484806
   
• Case 7 -- Fielder JF.  A 28-Year-Old Woman Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With Severe Dyspnea. Medscape General Medicine. 13 June 2005: 7(2).
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504938
   
• Case 8 -- Fielder JF.  A 26-Year-Old Woman Presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital With a Diffuse Rash and Dyspnea. Medscape General Medicine. 13 July 2005: 7(3).
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/506128