Abstract:Objective To observe the effects of butylphthalide injection combined with edaravone on neurological function and serum hs-CRP and NSE levels in elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction. Methods Totally 82 patients with acute cerebral infarction treated in our hospital from January 2015 to December 2017 were divided into combined group and control group according to the order of hospitalization. Both groups were treated with routine treatment. On this basis, the control group was treated with edaravone, and the combined group was treated with butylphthalide injection and edaravone. Both groups were treated for 2 weeks. The clinical therapeutic effects, changes of neurological function, serum hs-CRP and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Result The effective rate of treatment in the combined group (97.56%) was higher than that in the control group (87.80%) (P < 0.05); the NIHSS scores measured in resting state at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after treatment in the two groups were different at different time points (F = 13.246, P = 0.000); the NIHSS scores in resting state of the two groups were different (F = 22.331, P = 0.000); the score of NIHSS in the combined group was lower than that those in the control group (F = 16.371, P = 0.000); the difference values before and after treatment of hs-CRP and NSE in the combined group were higher than (P < 0.05). Conclusion Combined use of butylphthalide injection on the basis of edaravone in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction has better effect, can alleviate nerve function damage, effectively control the body’s inflammatory response, and will not cause obvious discomfort to patients, with higher safety, which is worthy of clinical reference.