CONCLUSION
In our study, we found a significant difference between both patient control and subgroups. However, massive PTE patients were not included in our study because there were no massive PTE patients who met the exclusion criteria in our hospital during our study. In this study, we observed that the oxidant-antioxidant balance shifted to the oxidative direction in patient groups diagnosed with acute PTE. We thought that the oxidizing disulfide/natural thiol ratio could be considered as an oxidative stress parameter in acute PTE. We think that the deterioration in thiol disulfide balance together with clinical, laboratory and radiological findings may have diagnostic value in patients with acute PTE. However, since studies on the subject are not yet at a sufficient level, more comprehensive studies that include all subgroups are needed.