Emergencias
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Prehospital care process and hospital outcomes in stroke-code cases: comparison of basic and advance life support ambulance attendance.
To study prehospital care process in relation to hospital outcomes in stroke-code cases first attended by 2 different levels of ambulance. To analyze factors associated with a satisfactory functional outcome at 3 months. ⋯ The percentage of patient complications in stroke-code cases attended by basic ambulance teams is low. Type of ambulance responding was not associated with either mortality or functional outcome at 3 months in this study.