ALB and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Patients in the ARDS group were older (58.8 ± 6.1 vs. 52.6 ± 9.6 y; p = 0.0287) than patients in the non-ARDS group; both the ARDS and non-ARDS groups of recipients had comparable sex ratios and pretransplant serum albumin levels, MELD scores, lung function test results, and intrathoracic blood volume indices.