Table 3 Comparison of the median and mean cytokine levels in the pleura fluid with the levels in the peripheral blood.
PLEURAL FLUID | RATIO OF CYTOKINE RESPONSE PLEURAL FLUID* | PERIPHERAL BLOOD | RATIO OF CYTOKINE RESPONSE PERIPHERAL BLOOD* | P VALUE# PLEURAL FLUID VERSUS BLOOD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IL-6 (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT THORACOTOMY/INTUBATION | 0/14 (0-21) | 29.8 | 0/4 (0-10) | 9.5 | 0.109 |
END OF SURGERY | 58/417 (22-396) | 1950.6 | 16/38 (7-41) | 24.8 | 0.085 |
DAY 1 | 23448/27309 (12900-34929) | 1889.9 | 54/99 (39-84) | 10.5 | <0.001 |
DAY 2 | 11396/26458 (6510-18582) | 914.3 | 28/42 (16-31) | 11.0 | <0.001 |
DAY 3 | 4709/12800 (3590-19392) | 13/44 (2-24) | <0.001 | ||
IL-1RA (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT THORACOTOMY/INTUBATION | 9/46 (0-76) | 5.8 | 75/470 (0-979) | 1.2 | 0.102 |
END OF SURGERY | 140/267 (11-252) | 440.8 | 134/580 (0-913) | 1.6 | 0.525 |
DAY 1 | 16239/20277 (10210-23527) | 335.5 | 516/735 (0-1251) | 1.1 | <0.001 |
DAY 2 | 8062/15435 (3477-15589) | 261.3 | 112/492 (4-949) | 1.1 | <0.001 |
DAY 3 | 4364/12018 (3152-13764) | 147/524 (0-1184 | <0.001 | ||
GROα (PG/ML), MEDIAN/MEAN (IQR) | |||||
AT THORACOTOMY/INTUBATION | 3/17 (0-30) | 2.9 | 0/183 (0-257) | 1.1 | 0.193 |
END OF SURGERY | 25/50 (7-57) | 15.2 | 0/201 (0-224) | 0.7 | 0.525 |
DAY 1 | 172/258 (118-306) | 11.2 | 0/136 (0-282) | 0.6 | 0.017 |
DAY 2 | 64/190 (25-179) | 7.4 | 0/114 (0-145) | 0.6 | 0.268 |
DAY 3 | 97/125 (29-182) | 0/105 (0-116) | 0.389 |