Experimental study of “Tong Xia” purgative method in ameliorating lung injury in acute necrotizing pancreatitis

Table 1 Cell changes in BALF (^-x ± s, × 10⁹/L)

Group	Total cell count	Differential count
		Polymorphonuclear	Mononuclear-macrophage	Other
Saline	36.4 ± 8.2ac	3.1 ± 1.2ac	11.2 ± 3.5a	22.1 ± 7.6
“Tong Xia”	20.7 ± 10.3b	0.8 ± 0.2b	5.3 ± 2.3	14.6 ± 6.3
Sham operation	7.2 ± 4.1	0.2 ± 0.07	4.2 ± 2.3	2.80 ± 1.8

^aP < 0.01,

^bP < 0.05 vs sham operation ;

^cP < 0.05 vs“Tong Xia”.