Author

Balamugesh Thangakunam

Observed names: B Thangakunam, B. Thangakunam, BALAMUGESH THANGAKUNAM, Balamugesh T, Balamugesh T., T Balamugesh, T. BALAMUGESH, T. Balamugesh, Thanagakunam Balamugesh, Thangakunam B, Thangakunam Balamugesh, Thangakunam, Balamugesh, Thangakuram Balamugesh, Thankagunam Balamugesh

Institution: Christian Medical College, Vellore

Observed institutions: University of Delhi, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Heidelberg University, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Heidelberg, Christian Medical College, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ORCID: 0000-0001-6799-065X

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-6799-065X

OpenAlex ID: A5064785500

Revised ISHAM-ABPA working group clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing, classifying and treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis/mycoses

2024 · Ritesh Agarwal, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, et al. · European Respiratory Journal · 314

Guidelines for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults: Joint Indian Chest Society/National College of chest physicians (I)/Indian association for bronchology recommendations

2019 · Anant Mohan, Karan Madan, et al. · Lung India · 129

Impact of Undernutrition on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in India: A Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Analysis

2022 · Pranay Sinha, Chinnaiyan Ponnuraja, et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 104

Guidelines for diagnosis and management of bronchial asthma: Joint ICS/NCCP (I) recommendations

2015 · Ritesh Agarwal, Sahajal Dhooria, et al. · Lung India · 102

Definition, diagnosis, and management of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis: Delphi consensus statement from the Fungal Infection Study Forum and Academy of Pulmonary Sciences, India

2022 · Valliappan Muthu, Ritesh Agarwal, et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 98

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Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy improves yield of Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

2018 · Devasahayam J. Christopher, Sridevi Dinakaran, et al. · Respirology · 69

Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF on pleural tissue for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

2013 · Devasahayam J. Christopher, Samuel G. Schumacher, et al. · European Respiratory Journal · 60

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Evaluation of the Xpert MTB Host Response assay for the triage of patients with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study in Viet Nam, India, the Philippines, Uganda, and South Africa

2024 · Ankur Gupta-Wright, Huy Ha, et al. · The Lancet Global Health · 53

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Bronchoscopic lung cryobiopsy: An Indian association for bronchology position statement

2019 · Ritesh Agarwal, Sahajal Dhooria, et al. · Lung India · 47

Health-care preparedness and health-care worker protection in COVID-19 pandemic

2020 · DevasahayamJ Christopher, BarneyTJ Isaac, et al. · Lung India · 42

High Annual Risk of Tuberculosis Infection among Nursing Students in South India: A Cohort Study

2011 · Devasahayam J. Christopher, Prince James, et al. · PLoS ONE · 40

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Guidelines for endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): Joint Indian Chest Society (ICS)/Indian Association for Bronchology (IAB) recommendations

2023 · Anant Mohan, Karan Madan, et al. · Lung India · 39

Prevalence of Hepatotoxicity From Antituberculosis Therapy: A Five-Year Experience From South India

2016 · Arunava Saha, Margaret Shanthi F.X., et al. · Journal of Primary Care & Community Health · 37

Deep LF-Net: Semantic lung segmentation from Indian chest radiographs including severely unhealthy images

2021 · Anushikha Singh, Brejesh Lall, et al. · Biomedical Signal Processing and Control · 33

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Screening for prevalence of current TB disease and latent TB infection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic clinic in an Indian tertiary care hospital

2020 · Pradipkumar Arvindbhai Dabhi, Balamugesh Thangakunam, et al. · PLoS ONE · 31

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Semi-rigid Thoracoscopy: Initial Experience from A Tertiary Care Hospital

2022 · Richa Gupta, Balamugesh Thangakunam, et al. · The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences · 29

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Addition of second-line steroid sparing immunosuppressants like mycophenolate mofetil improves outcome of Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD): a series from a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India

2017 · Nikhil Gupta, John Mathew, et al. · Rheumatology International · 25

Clinico-pathologic study of pulmonary carcinoid tumours – A retrospective analysis and review of literature

2008 · Rajesh Thomas, Devasahayam J. Christopher, et al. · Respiratory Medicine · 25

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples

2026 · Seda Yerlikaya, Masuzyo Chirwa, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 23

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Tuberculosis Screening Tests in a Prospective Multinational Cohort: Chest Radiography With Computer-Aided Detection, Xpert Tuberculosis Host Response, and C-Reactive Protein

2024 · Rebecca Crowder, Balamugesh Thangakunam, et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 23

Endobronchial ultrasound: A new innovation in bronchoscopy

2009 · T Balamugesh, FJ Herth · Lung India · 23

Biomarkers of coagulation, endothelial, platelet function, and fibrinolysis in patients with COVID-19: a prospective study

2024 · Manoj Job S.B., Binila Chacko, et al. · Scientific Reports · 21

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Maximal Oxygen Uptake Is Lower for a Healthy Indian Population Compared to White Populations

2011 · Neethu John, Balamugesh Thangakunam, et al. · Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention · 21

The Role and Diagnostic Accuracy of Serology for COVID-19

2021 · Debasree Kundu, Priyanka Gautam, et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases · 20

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Tuberculosis Risk in Health Care Workers

2022 · Balamugesh Thangakunam, Christopher Devasahayam Jesudas · The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences · 19

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Works count: 194

Citation count: 1,995

H-index: 21

I10-index: 47