臨床神経学

<シンポジウム(1)―13―2>明日からのてんかん診療向上のための方策

てんかん診療ネットワークの構築

大槻 泰介

国立精神・神経医療研究センターてんかんセンター〔〒187―8551 東京都小平市小川東町4―1―1〕
厚労科研費「てんかんの有病率等に関する疫学研究および診療実態の分析と治療体制の整備に関する研究」研究代表者

Number of epilepsy patient in Japan officially surveyed by our government in 2008 is 219,000, which is only 0.17% of the total population and less than one third of the prevalence rate reported in Western countries. Number of epilepsy surgery per year in Japan is also low and less than half of other countries such as US, UK and Korea. These numbers may suggest that epilepsy care in Japan is not sufficient to cover all hidden medical needs of people with epilepsy at present. To solve this issue, our research group funded by the government have started to build an epilepsy care network among primary care physicians, secondary care neurology specialists and tertiary care epilepsy centers by utilizing a web site: Epilepsy Care Network-Japan (http://www.ecn-japan.com/) from July 2012. We are also proposing an epilepsy care algorithm suitable for our complex medical community consisted with various neurology specialists such as pediatric and adult neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists. Building Epilepsy Care Network in Japan may facilitate better medical and social support for people with epilepsy in Japan.
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(臨床神経, 52:1036−1038, 2012)
key words:てんかん,てんかん診療ネットワーク,診療アルゴリズム,プライマリケア,てんかんセンター

(受付日:2012年5月23日)