CRP and acute respiratory distress syndrome: In the ARDS group, we observed a higher white blood cell (WBC) absolute count (p = 0.0414), neutrophils (N) absolute count (p = 0.0254), and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (p = 0.0006), with a lower lymphocyte (L) absolute count (p = 0.0015) as well as higher inflammatory levels of markers such as CRP (p < 0.0001), LDH (p < 0.0001), ferritin (p = 0.0002) and D-dimer (p = 0.0006) compared to the non-ARDS group (Table 1).