Abstract:Objective To explore the independent risk factors for delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in elderly patients so as to prevent occurrence of delayed cerebral ischemia. Methods Totally 120 subjects with aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage with the age of 60-79 years and Fisher grade >1 were included in the retrospective study. The patients were divided into DCI group and non-DCI group. The patient's relevant indicators (gender, smoking history, regional cerebral oxygen desaturation and so on) were analyzed to identify independent risk factors for delayed cerebral ischemia. Through ROC analysis their predicting value was evaluated. Results Among all subjects, 69 patients had DCI. Univariate analysis showed that the proportion of the patients with smoking history, low sodium and regional cerebral oxygen desaturation <50 in the DCI group was significantly higher than that in the non-DCI group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that sodium ion concentration (■ = 3.011; 95% CI: 1.123, 8.070) and regional cerebral oxygen saturation (■ = 3.324; 95% CI: 1.734, 6.372) were the independent risk factors for delayed cerebral ischemia. Regional cerebral oxygen saturation was a helpful predictor. Conclusions Regional cerebral oxygen saturation is a helpful predictor for delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage in elderly patients.