The clinical value of Angiopoietin 2 in prediction of the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Objective To explore the clinical value of serum Ang-1,Ang-2 and IL-8 in ARDS prediction.Methods Totally 283 critically ill patients admitted in EICU of the Hunan Provincial People's Hospital from January 2012 to July 2013 were enrolled in this study and divided into the non-ARDS group (n =251) and ARDS group (n =32) depending on the development of ARDS.According to the occurrence of death in the following 60 days,the non-ARDS group and the ARDS group were further subdivided into the non-ARDS survival group,the non-ARDS death group,thc ARDS survival group and the ARDS death group.The differences in serum Ang-1,Ang-2 and IL-8 concentrations between these four groups measured by ELISA on admission were analyzed by statistical methods and ROC curve.Results The EICU stays,duration of mechanical ventilation,APACHE Ⅱ score、serum Ang-2 and IL-8 levels in the ARDS group were significantly higher than those in the non-ARDS group,while the Ang-1 level in the ARDS group was significantly lower than that in the non-ARDS group.The serum Ang-2 and IL-8 concentrations in the ARDS death group were significantly higher than those in the non-ARDS survival group and the non-ARDS death group,and the serum Ang-2 concentrations in the ARDS death group were also significantly higher than those in the ARDS survival group.Further ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve of Ang-2 for ARDS diagnosis and ARDS death prediction were 0.907 and 0.899 respectively and their diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were 0.969 and 0.725,0.907 and 0.882 respectively,illustrating that Ang-2 possess the best diagnostic efficiency.Conclusions Ang-2 functions as a valuable biomarker for early diagnosis and prognosis of ARDS. Key words: Acute respiratory distress syndrome;  Angiopoietin-1;  Angiopoietin-2;  Interleukin-8