Yumeko Matsuda

Bridge Therapy with Intravenous Antiepileptic for Optimizing Oral Antiepileptic Drugs

Ayako Senju, Masayuki Shimono, Masahiro Ishii, Tomofumi Fukuda, Yumeko Matsuda, Shiho Takano, Naoki Shiota & Koich Kusuhara · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2014

A seven year old patient with intractable epilepsy was admitted to our hospital. We used intravenous (IV) antiepileptic drug (AED) regimen to optimize the oral AEDs by adding newer AEDs, which have been reported to be beneficial when compared to older AEDs in controlling seizures...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14163

Decreasing the Types and Quantities of Oral Antiepileptic Drugs Administered Alongside Intravenous Midazolam

Tomofumi Fukuda, Masayuki Shimono, Masahiro Ishii, Ayako Senju, Yumeko Matsuda, Shiho Takano & Koich Kusuhara · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2014

It is reported that 0.4 to 0.8% of the world’s population suffers from epilepsy. About 30% of epileptic patients are intractable. Controlling their seizures is very important for society because many patients can participate in gainful employment. In this case study we report how...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2014/12011