Abstract:Objective To explore the influencing factors of acute lung injury (ALI) in patients with acute type-A aortic dissection (AAD).Methods A total of 347 patients with AAD who were followed up in Handan Central Hospital from January 2017 to December 2019 were selected as the study objects. According to whether ALI occurred, they were divided into ALI group (oxygenation index ≤ 200 mmHg, 115 cases) and NALI group (oxygenation index > 200 mmHg, 232 cases), the general clinical data, Th17 cells, coagulation, and fibrinolysis system indexes of the two groups were compared, and the risk factors of ALI in patients with AAD were analyzed.Results Age, proportion of pleural effusion, proportion of involvement of superior mesenteric artery, bilateral involvement of renal artery, white blood cell count and C-reactive protein in the ALI group were higher than those in the NALI group (P < 0.05). The levels of Th17 cells, tissue factor (TF), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), D-dimer, fibrin degradation product (FDP), and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) in ALI group were higher than those in NALI group (P < 0.05), while activation of partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombin time (PT) were lower than those of NALI group (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that TF (r = -0.808), D-dimer (r = -0.695), PAI-1 (r = -0.729), and Th17 cells (r = -0.805) in the ALI group were negatively correlated with the oxygenation index (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that advanced age [R = 1.849, (95% CI: 1.132, 9.147)], involvement of superior enteric artery [R = 3.429 (95% CI: 1.264, 11.138), pleural effusion [R = 2.679 (95% CI: 1.627, 10.149)], increased proportion of Th17 cells [R = 2.647 (95% CI: 1.167, 8.267)], increased TF [R = 1.723 (95% CI: 1.117, 8.445)], and increased D-dimer [R = 1.746 (95% CI: 1.366, 10.546)] were all risk factors for complicated ALI in AAD patients (P < 0.05).Conclusion The Th17 cells, coagulation, and fibrinolytic system in patients with AAD combined with ALI are abnormal increase. The proportion of Th17 cells increased, increased TF and D-dimer, advanced age, involvement of superior mesenteric artery, and pleural effusion are the risk factors of complicated ALI in AAD patients.