Abstract:
Objective
To investigate the effect of edaravone dexborneol on cognitive impairment after acute cerebral infarction.
Methods
From August 2022 to August 2023, 174 patients with acute cerebral infarction were admitted in the Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University. According to whether edaravone dexborneol should be used or not, the patients were divided into two groups: Edaravone dexborneol group (70 cases) and conventional treatment group (104 cases).The routine treatment group received the routine treatment of cerebral infarction according to the Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke 2018, while edaravone dexborneol group was given edaravone dexborneol in addition to the routine treatment group. Stroke scores, including National Institutes of Health stroke scale (NIHSS), modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and mini-mental state examination(MMSE), were assessed before admission and 90 days post-treatment. The clinical efficacy of both groups was then analyzed. The differences of NIHSS, mRS, and MMSE scores between the two groups were compared by rank sum test, and the differences of clinical efficacy between the two groups were compared by χ2 test, rank sum test was used to compare the cognitive domain of MMSE in edaravone dexborneol group from admission to 90 days after treatment.
Results
There was no significant difference in NIHSS, mRS, and MMSE scores between the two groups at admission (P>0.05), the scores of NIHSS and mRS in the edaravone dexborneol group were lower than those in the routine group [1(0, 2) vs 1(0, 3) ; 1(0,1) vs 1(0, 1)], the scores of MMSE were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group [29(27, 30) vs 28(25, 30)] (Z=-2.013, -2.407, -2.396;P=0.044, 0.016, 0.017). The total effective rate in edaravone dexborneol group was significantly higher than that in routine treatment group (35.7% vs 14.4%, χ2=12.000, P=0.007). The changes of cognitive domain of MMSE in edaravone dexborneol group at 90 days after admission showed that the ability of orientation, attention, calculation,recall, retelling, writing, and rewriting were significantly improved with the difference statistically significant(P<0.05).
Conclusion
Edaravone dexborneol was effective in the treatment of cognitive impairment after acute cerebral infarction.
Key words:
Edaravone dexborneol,
Acute cerebral infarction,
Cognitive impairment,
Efficacy
Mahemuti Kedierya, Bo Hu, Qiong Yang, Su Yan, Lanqing Hu, Peipei Gao, Ensheng Yao. Effect of edaravone dexborneol on cognitive function after acute cerebral infarction[J]. Chinese Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases(Electronic Edition), 2024, 18(05): 459-466.