Combined early fluid resuscitation and hydrogen inhalation attenuates lung and intestine injury

Table 3 Level of inflammatory mediators in the bronchial alveolar lavage fluid of four groups (mean ± SD)

Group	IL-6 (pg/mL)	IL-8 (pg/mL)	TNF-α(pg/mL)
A	35.88 ± 3.12	24.29 ± 4.23	19.65 ± 1.78
B	446.89 ± 37.24a	411.19 ± 32.78a	158.54 ± 16.89a
C	387.79 ± 31.58c	347.34 ± 29.37c	104.09 ± 9.18c
D	118.32 ± 11.38e	96.45 ± 10.25e	47.58 ± 3.65e

^aP < 0.05 vs Group A;

^cP < 0.05 vs Group B;

^eP < 0.05 vs Group C. TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL: Interleukin.