Comparison of plasma levels of biomarkers of inflammation in 50 patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome ventilated with low-tidal-volume ventilation. Plasma levels of IL-8 and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) were significantly higher in nonsurvivors than in survivors. Data shown as boxplots: horizontal line, median; box, 25th to 75th percentiles; error bars, 10th to 90th percentiles. *= 0.002 and **= 0.006 compared with survivors, Mann–Whitney U test.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation and fibrinolysis predict mortality in acute lung injury"</p><p>http://ccforum.com/content/12/2/R41</p><p>Critical Care 2008;12(2):R41-R41.</p><p>Published online 21 Mar 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2447583.</p><p></p
