Table 3.
Lung injury score in instrumented awake sheep
| Variable | Edema | Neutrophil infiltration | Hemorrhage | Epithelial desquamation | Hyaline membranes | Lung injury score |
| rhAPC | 1.3 (1.0 to 2.0) | 0.5 (0.0 to 2.0) | 1.0 (0.0 to 3.0) | 0.5 (0.0 to 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0 to 1.0) | 3.8 (2.0 to 6.5) |
| LPS | 2.0 (1.0 to 3.0) | 2.5 (0.5 to 3.5)* | 0.8 (0.0 to 2.0) | 1.0 (0.5 to 4.0)* | 1.0 (0.0 to 2.0)* | 6.8 (2.5 to 11.5)* |
| LPS + rhAPC | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.0)† | 1.0 (0.0 to 2.0)† | 1.0 (0.0 to 2.0) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.0) | 0.5 (0.0 to 2.0) | 4.5 (1.5 to 8.5)† |
Data presented as the median (minimum to maximum). rhAPC, recombinant human activated protein C alone group (n = 4); LPS, lipopolysaccharide group (n = 8); LPS + rhAPC, rhAPC-treated LPS group (n = 9). The histological markers of lung injury are scored on a scale from zero to four. *P < 0.05 between the LPS and the rhAPC groups. †P < 0.05 between the LPS and the LPS + rhAPC groups.