Background and objective: We aimed to know the characteristics of the urgent stroke assistance system, the Stroke Code (SC) model, 2 years after its implementation through testing the specific impact on several result indicators on individuals with a first stroke.
Patients and method: Prospective study of a cohort who suffered a first stroke episode, 15 to 89-year-old. Several clinical indicators were selected to evaluate results according to the SC and an analysis survival for Kaplan-Meier's curves was made as well as a bivariate analysis between dead and surviving patients. Data were collected by a community based registry.
Results: A total of 380 patients ≤80-year-aged were enrolled and the SC was activated in 54.3% (CI95%: 49,0-59.3), 77% at the hospital. An 80% of the therapeutic window was wasted before arrival to hospital. In 13.9% (CI95%: 9,2-19,8) thrombolysis was used. The immediate mortality was 9.9% (CI95%: 7.5-12.5).
Conclusions: The implantation of the SC is a system that improved the welfare chain of stroke in the whole territory, but its activation in the area of primary care was low.
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