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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Relationship between the level of alveolar NT-PCP-III, CT scan fibrosis score and the histological lung fibroproliferation on open lung biopsies

From: Chest CT scan and alveolar procollagen III to predict lung fibroproliferation in acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

No histological fibroproliferation (n = 7)

Histological fibroproliferation (n = 3)

p value

NT-PCP-III (µG/L)

1 [1–1]

13 [10–99]

0.01

Corrected fibrosis score

2.5 [1.0–3.0]

3.0 [2.8–5.0]

0.14

 Ground glass score

1.5 [0.3–2.0]

2.0 [1.8–4.0]

0.14

 Honeycombing score

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

0.52

  1. Ten patients have an open lung biopsy within 7 days around the BAL and the chest CT scan. Values are expressed as median [IQR]
  2. NT-PCP-III N-terminal peptide for type III procollagen, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage
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