Table 2 Comparison of the median and mean cytokine levels in the BAL fluid of the right and left lung
BAL COLLAPSED OPERATED LUNG | RATIO OF CYTOKINE RESPONSE COLLAPSED OPERATED LUNG* | BAL VENTILATED NON-OPERATED LUNG | RATIO OF CYTOKINE RESPONSE VENTILATED NON-OPERATED LUNG* | P VALUE# BAL OPERATED COLLAPSED LUNG COMPARED TO BAL NON-OPERATED VENTILATED LUNG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IL-6 (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT INTUBATION | 63/236 (4-271) | 13.5 | 118/222 (12-148) | 5.2 | 1.000 |
END OF SURGERY | 1486/3176 (452-5681) | 710/1159 (99-1899) | 0.010 | ||
IL-1RA (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT INTUBATION | 7144/15289 (3316-17921) | 2.3 | 7144/19863 (3469-29394) | 2.9 | 0.670 |
END OF SURGERY | 14837/35242 (9803-56578) | 12878/57543 (5943-35014) | 0.252 | ||
GROα (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT INTUBATION | 13467/30597 (6967-26499) | 0.6 | 10137/18043 (5132-24379) | 1.0 | 0.720 |
END OF SURGERY | 15133/19187 (7330-22047) | 11252/18552 (3487-20038) | 0.599 |