| ALI/ARDS Lung-protective (n = 8) | ALI/ARDS Conventional (n = 8) | P-value | no lung injury Lung-protective (n = 10) | no lung injury Conventional (n = 10) | P-value |
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Age (yrs) | 58 ± 18 | 58 ± 22 | 0.97 | 57 ± 19 | 58 ± 19 | 0.82 |
Male sex, No. (%) | 4 (50%) | 4 (50%) | 0.80 | 7 (70%) | 7 (70%) | 1.00 |
APACHE II score | 14.8 ± 2.4 | 14.1 ± 2.0 | 0.58 | 13.8 ± 2.3 | 15.2 ± 1.5 | 0.78 |
LIS | 2.2 ± 0.4 | 2.3 ± 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 0.92 |
Admission diagnosis | Â | Â | 0.43 | Â | Â | 0.41 |
Resuscitation | Â | Â | Â | 7 | 4 | Â |
Neurological disease | Â | Â | Â | 2 | 2 | Â |
Cardiopulmonary surgery | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â |
Sepsis | 4 | 3 | Â | Â | 1 | Â |
Trauma | 1 | 3 | Â | 1 | 1 | Â |
Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |