Time course of parameters measured relative to therapy in a 2‐yr-old female with acute respiratory distress syndrome
| Time after admission n | Pa,O2/FI,O2 | Arterial E‐α1PI µg·L−1 | Venous E‐α1PI µg·L−1 | TNF‐α ng·L−1 | IL‐6 µg·L−1 | CRP mg·L−1 |
| 0.5 | 75 | 1.85 | 1.56 | 9.59 | 18 | |
| 5 | 133 | 4.25 | 4.18 | 0.525 | 1.91 | |
| 8* | 84 | 4.51 | 2.29 | 0.465 | 1.96 | 121 |
| 10 | 121 | 3.43 | 2.82 | 0.246 | 0.487 | 180 |
| 28 | 276 | 2.68 | 2.17 | 0.043 | 0.044 | 274 |
Pa,O2: arterial oxygen tension
FI,O2: inspiratory oxygen fraction
E‐α1PI: elastase/α1‐protease inhibitor complex
TNF‐α: tumour necrosis factor‐α
IL‐6: interleukin‐6
CRP: C‐reactive protein
*: before surfactant administration