Manejo inicial del accidente cerebro vascular isquemico agudo en ecuador

Abstract

Ischemic cerebrovascular accidents are events that over the years have been refined their way of covering the patient and provide timely treatment avoiding serious or irreversible sequelae, as this has a high incidence of mortality, for its acute presentation and of sudden onset, displaying neurological symptoms, due to variations in cerebral circulation. The objective of this project is to determine an appropriate and timely primary health care protocol, based on the analysis of updated indexed articles and care protocols for stroke, starting from the appearance of neurological symptoms in the extra-hospital area until the patient is received in the emergency area of the hospital where the neurology specialist is located, and to identify the causes of the delay for the timely treatment in said patients.