Which of the following white blood cells is most commonly implicated in the inflammatory pro-cess of ARDS?

a. Eosinophils
b. Monocytes
c. Neutrophils
d. Lymphocytes


ANS: C
These investigators demonstrated that ARDS, regardless of the cause, is associated with an in-flux of neutrophils (PMNs) and PMN-derived inflammatory byproducts, such as neutrophil elas-tase and myeloperoxidase, into the lung.

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