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.