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Table 2 Bronchoalveolar lavage and autoantibody results in patients with iARDS

From: Biomarker profiles of coagulopathy and alveolar epithelial injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome with idiopathic/immune-related disease or common direct risk factors

Parameter

Idiopathic ARDS

(n = 17)

Immune-related ARDS

(n = 14)

BAL, n (%)

8 (47.1)

7 (50.0)

 Cell count, 105/mL

7.5 (4.1–13.3)

12.0 (3.7–17.3)

 Cell types (%)

  Macrophages

36.3 (25.2–57.8)

31.3 (18.0–49.0)

  Neutrophils

27.2 (5.7–58.5)

41.0 (5.2–77.0)

  Lymphocytes

21.7 (10.1–40.8)

24.5 (2.5–51.4)

 Hemorrhage

1 (12.5)

4 (57.1)

 Neutrophilic pattern

2 (25.0)

3 (42.9)

 Lymphocytic pattern

1 (12.5)

1 (14.3)

 Mixed pattern

5 (62.5)

3 (42.9)

Autoantibodies, n (%)

 ANA

3 (17.4)

9 (64.3)

 CCP

2 (11.8)

5 (35.7)

 ANCA

0

2 (14.3)

 SSc-associated

0

2 (14.3)

 RNP

0

1 (7.1)

 ARS

4 (23.5)

0

  1. BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, ANA antinuclear antibody, CCP cyclic citrullinated peptide, ANCA anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, SSc systemic sclerosis, RNP ribonucleoprotein, ARS aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases