Prehospital care process and hospital outcomes in stroke-code cases: comparison of basic and advance life support ambulance attendance.

Objectives: 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.

Material And Methods: Prospective multicenter observational cohort study.

[Urgent stroke care in hospitals with a stroke unit. Quick Project].

Introduction: A stroke is a time-dependent medical emergency. Swiftness in its recognition and in the care received by the patients plays a key role in the prognosis.

Aims: To analyse the medical intervention times, to evaluate possible areas where improvements can be made and to examine the allocation of resources in the centres.

[Ingestion of anabolic steroids and ischaemic stroke. A clinical case report and review of the literature].

INTRODUCTION. Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic substances derived from testosterone that are employed for their trophic effect on muscle tissue, among other uses. Their consumption can give trigger a series of adverse side effects on the body, including the suppression of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis as well as liver, psychiatric and cardiovascular disorders.