Table 2 Lung histological analysis.^a

From: Effects of ventilation strategy on distribution of lung inflammatory cell activity

	Injurious ventilation (n= 6)		Protective ventilation (n= 6)		P
Lung region	Ventral	Dorsal	Ventral	Dorsal
Alveolar edema (n = 3)	1 [0 to 1]	1 [1 to 1]	0 [0 to 0]	0 [0 to 0]	0.32
Septal edema (n = 3)	0 [0 to 0]	0 [0 to 0]	1 [0 to 1]	1 [0 to 2]	0.16
Alveolar hemorrhage (n = 3)	0 [0 to 1]	1 [1 to 1]	0 [0 to 0]	0 [0 to 0]	0.16
Septal congestion (n = 3)	0 [0 to 0]	0 [0 to 0]	1 [0 to 1]	1 [0 to 1]	0.99
Total score (n = 12)	1 [0 to 2]	1 [1 to 2]	1 [0 to 2]	1 [0 to 3]	0.16

^aP values are derived from a Friedman rank-sum test. Values are medians [25% to 75% percentiles].

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