Table 1.

Characteristics of the 15 study patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.

No	Age years	SAPS II	Cause ALI/ARDS	Underlying disease	PaO2/FiO2 mmHg	Outcome
1	78	37	Pneumonia	Ischemic cardiopathy	160	alive
2	78	74	Pneumonia	Ischemic cardiopathy	147	alive
3	38	22	Septic shock	Cirrhosis	121	alive
4	57	40	Septic shock	Alcoholism	146	dead
5	76	47	Pneumonia	Cachexy	174	dead
6	58	52	Pneumonia	Ischemic cardiopathy	97	alive
7	91	56	Pneumonia	Epilepsy	154	dead
8	81	57	Pneumonia	Hypertension	83	dead
9	82	99	Septic shock	Hypertension	248	alive
10	39	55	Inhalation	Cachexy	193	dead
11	50	57	Inhalation	Cirrhosis	92	dead
12	71	41	Pneumonia	Leukemia	146	dead
13	44	40	Pneumonia	Aortic dissection	101	alive
14	75	60	Tumor infiltration	Lymphoma	170	alive
15	86	33	Pneumonia	Atrial fibrillation	196	dead
Mean ± SD	67±18	51±18	-	-	148±45	-

SAPS – simplified acute physiology score; ALI – acute lung injury; ARDS – acute respiratory distress syndrome