3.2.Laboratory findings
The trauma and control groups’ blood parametres of native thiol (SH), total thiol (SH + SS), dynamic disulfide (SS), dynamic disulphid (SS) / total thiol (SS + SH) %, ischemic modified albumin (IMA) and albumin levels were shown in Table 2.
In the trauma group, native thiol (p<0.001), total thiol (p <0.001), % dynamic disulfide/total thiol (p <0.001), albumin (p <0.001) and IMA (p<0.001) The decrease in the levels of 0.01) compared to the control group and the increase in dynamic disulfide (p = 0.001) compared to the control group were statistically significant.
The cases in the trauma group were divided into two subgroups as surgery (n = 17) and follow-up (n = 84). This two groups’ native thiol, total thiol, dynamic disulfide, disulfide / total thiol ratio, albumin and IMA levels were compared (see Table 3). No statistically significant difference was found between two subgroups in terms of their thiol-disulfide parametres.
The cases in the trauma group were also divided into two other sub-groups as multiple trauma (n = 54) and isolated organ trauma (n = 47). Two sub-groups were also similar in terms of their native thiol (p=0.575), total thiol (p=0.794), dynamic disulphide (p=0.584), disulfide / total thiol ratio (p=0.414), albümin (p=0.792) and IMA (p=0.913) levels (there was not table for this findings)
Lastly, the cases in the trauma group were divided into two sub-groups as penetrating (n = 15) and those who were exposed to blunt trauma (n = 86). Among two groups were not statistically different for native thiol (p = 0.65), total thiol (p = 0.78), dynamic disulfide (p = 0.41), disulfide / total thiol ratio (p = 0.70), albumin (p = 0.14) and IMA (p = 0.98) levels (see Table 4).
There was no difference between native thiol, total thiol, dynamic disulfide, disulfide / total thiol ratio, IMA, albumin levels and systems affected or organs (for all variables, p>0.05). There was also no difference between 2nd day of hospitalization and 5th day of hospitalization blood thiol-disulfide parametres tested with paired correlation test (for all, p>0.05).