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

Table 2 Protein content and TNF activity in BALF (^-x ± s)

Group	TNF activity (IU/mL)	Protein content
Saline	58.75 ± 4.65ab	2.53 ± 0.83ac
“Tong Xia”	49.00 ± 1.83a	1.42 ± 0.31
Sham operation	17.00 ± 0.82	0.93 ± 0.21

^aP < 0.01 vs sham operation;

^bP < 0.01 ,

^cP < 0.05 vs“Tong Xia”.