Abstract:Objective To study therapeutic effect of rat nerve growth factor (NGF) in neonatal hypoxicischemic encephalopathy (HIE) combined with myocardial injury (MI). Methods A total of 78 cases of neonatal HIE combined with MI admitted in Children's Hospital of Hebei Province from Mar. 2013 to Jan. 2017 were enrolled in the study, and were randomly divided into 2 groups. All patients received conventional treatment, and patients in observation group (39 cases) received additional intramuscular injection of NGF. Clinical manifestations, laboratory examination indexes, neonatal behavioral neurological assessment (NBNA) and neuropsychological development were recorded. Results Total effective rate in control group was significantly lower compared with observation group (66.67% vs 87.18%, P < 0.05). Levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) was increased while vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), IL-10, CK-MB and CTn I were decreased in the observation group when compared with those in control group (P < 0.05). NBNA level was higher in observation group than control group at the 4th, 7th and 10th day after treatment. Mental development index (MDI) and psycho-motive development index (PDI) at the 3rd and 6th week in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Rat NGF promotes functional recovery of nervous system and myocadiac in neonates with HIE combined with MI.