3.1. Description of the sample
death, ischemic stroke
ISCHEMIC STROKE
For the intervention group, 251 patients with ischemic stroke who underwent MT with admission dates 01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021 were identified as potentially eligible, of which 11 were subsequently classified as unsuitable. Among the 240 eligible patients, 211 enrolled, and 50 participants withdrew due to death, resulting in 161 participants who completed the study. For the control group, 251 patients with ischemic stroke who underwent MT with admission date 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020 were identified as potentially eligible, of which 26 were subsequently classified as unsuitable. Among the 181 eligible patients, 155 enrolled, and then 31 participants withdrew due to death, resulting in 124 participants who completed the study. This information is visually presented in Figure Shows the patient flow chart. It shows how the patients in our study who were finally included were determined.124 and 161 patients were in the intervention and control groups, respectively. The characteristics of the patients in each study group at the time of admission are shown in Table Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, N = 285.SD = standard deviation.P value for independent samples t test.P value for χ