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Table 2.

APACHE II score, NO level of EBC and serum in survival and dead patients at different time points

	Survival group			Dead group

	Before	1 day after	5 days after	Before	1 day after	5 days after
APACHE II score	25.61 ± 7.24	16.73 ± 5.87^a,^Δ	11.53 ± 4.25^a,^b,^Δ	26.68 ± 6.95	34.76 ± 6.76^a,^Δ	41.57 ± 5.92^a,^b,^Δ
NO content in EBC	48.28 ± 5.61	30.26 ± 2.97^a,^Δ	21.51 ± 3.02^a,^b,^Δ	46.52 ± 4.97	49.41 ± 5.62^a,^Δ	55.19 ± 5.59^a,^b,^Δ
NO content in serum	47.64 ± 5.94	29.51 ± 3.73^a,^Δ	20.81 ± 3.63^a,^b,^Δ	50.35 ± 6.72	52.41 ± 5.63^Δ	57.56 ± 7.22^a,^b,^Δ

comparing between 1 day after and pre-treatment;

P<0.05 comparing between 1 day and 5 days after treatment.

^Δ

compared to survival group at the same time point.