GPT and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Of these, 16 (29%) patients already had ALI (mean AST value 106 ± 83 IU/L; mean ALT value 122 ± 105 IU/L) at hospital admission and 10 (18%) additional cases developed ALI (mean AST value 47 ± 29 IU/L; mean ALT value 85 ± 45 IU/L) during hospital stay.