Table 2.

BALF characteristics collected at the exudative and recovery phase

Description	Exudative phase	Recovery phase
Recovered lavage fluid (mL)	63 ± 12	58 ± 13
Total protein (mg/dL)	116.2 ± 21.3	46 ± 8.8
Albumin (mg/dl)	65.7 ± 13.4	11.5 ± 2.6
Total cell number (*104/L)	88.2 ± 12.2	49.6 ± 7.8
AM number (*104/L)	57.3 ± 6.8	42.6 ± 3.3
PMN number (*104/L)	31.8 ± 5.6	8.9 ± 2.5

Exudative Phase: The first day of ARDS diagnosis.

Recovery Phase: The fifth day of ARDS diagnosis.