Background
ischemic stroke
ISCHEMIC STROKE
Edited by: Uffe Kock Wiil, University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkReviewed by: Yang Xiong, Sichuan University, China; Jing Qi, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, ChinaThis article was submitted to Aging and Public Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health†These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorshipRisk stratification of elderly patients with ischemic stroke (IS) who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains a challenging task. This study aims to establish and validate predictive models that are based on novel machine learning (ML) algorithms for 28-day in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with IS who were admitted to the ICU.