Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects

Subject	Age	SAPS II	Cause of ARDS	Underlying disease	Days of ARDS
1	44	28	Sepsis	Meningitis	5
2	56	58	Septic shock	Lymphoma	3
3	68	73	Pneumonia	Thrombotic microangiopathy	2
4	58	64	Heat stroke	Alcoholism	0
5	66	81	Septic shock	Aortic valve replacement	5
6	64	76	Sepsis	Arterial hypertension	2
7	51	44	Pneumonia	Cirrhosis	0
8	75	73	Pneumonia	Obliterating artery disease	2

SAPS II, new simplified acute physiology score.