Abstract:Objective To investigate the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in monitoring dexamethasone for renal Ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.Methods Totally 72 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into Sham group (Sham), IRI group (IRI), and Dexa group (Dexa), 24 rats in each group. According to the different reperfusion time points, they were divided into 1 d, 3 d, 5 d, and 7 d groups, with 6 rats in each group. After contrast-enhanced ultrasound, the changes in TIC Peak, TP, MTT, and AUC in different time periods and after Dexa treatment were analyzed and compared with Crea, Urea nitrogen, and pathological changes.Results The results showed that: (1) The Peak, TP, MTT, and AUC were different at different reperfusion time points (P <0.05); (2) There were differences in Peak, TP, MTT, and AUC among the three groups (P < 0.05). (3) The Peak, TP, MTT, and AUC of the three groups were different with the time of reperfusion (P < 0.05). Compared with the sham operation group, the renal pathological injury was aggravated in the ischemia-reperfusion group, while the injury was alleviated in the dexamethasone group. The levels of serum creatinine and urea nitrogen were compared among the three groups. The results showed that: (1) The levels of serum creatinine and urea nitrogen were different at different reperfusion time points (P < 0.05). (2) There were differences in serum creatinine and urea nitrogen levels among the three groups (P <0.05); (3) The changes of serum creatinine and urea nitrogen in the three groups were different with the time of reperfusion (P < 0.05). Pairwise comparison between groups using the least significant difference method found that only TP values were statistically significant at each time period (P < 0.05).Conclusions Contrast-enhanced ultrasound technique can quantitatively reflect the changes of renal microcirculation after renal ischemia reperfusion in rats at different time periods and after dexamethasone intervention, of which TP has great reference value.