Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship of serum level of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and nerve growth factor (NGF) with the degree of brain edema and prognosis after acute cerebral hemorrhage. Methods A total of 200 patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage admitted in the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from January 2014 to June 2018 were retrospectively selected as the study subjects. The patients were divided into mild edema group (n?=?68), moderate edema group (n?=?70) and severe edema group (n?=?62) according to the volume of brain edema. The serum level of TNF-α and NGF was detected and compared at different time points in the three groups. According to the prognosis, patients were divided into survival group (n?=?172) and death group (n?=?8). Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between serum TNF-α, NGF level and the severity of brain edema, and the influencing factor of prognosis was analyzed by Logistic regression models. Results Compared with the contents of TNF - α and NGF at different time points, the contents of TNF - α and NGF at different time points in the three groups were different (P?0.05); the contents of TNF - α and NGF in the three groups were different (P?< 0.05), and the contents of serum TNF - α and NGF increased with the increase of the severity of brain edema; the change trend of TNF - α and NGF contents in three groups was different (P?0.05). The levels of TNF - α and NGF in survival group were lower than those in death group (P?0.05). The levels of TNF - α (r?=?0.462, P?0.05) and NGF (r?=?0.491, P?0.05) were positively correlated with the severity of cerebral edema after acute cerebral hemorrhage. The severity of cerebral edema [OlR?=?1.091 (95% CI: 1.020, 1.275)], TNF - α content [OlR?=?1.059 (95% CI: 1.011, 1.176)] and NGF content [OlR?=?0.972 (95% CI: 0.778, 0.998)] were the risk factors of death in patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage. Conclusion The severity of brain edema in patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage is closely related to the level of serum TNF-α and NGF. The severity of brain edema after acute cerebral hemorrhage can be assessed by detecting the above indexes.