{"doi":"10.3390/jcm13144115","title":"Unveiling Silent Consequences: Impact of Pulmonary Tuberculosis on Lung Health and Functional Wellbeing after Treatment","abstract":"Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health issue in India, with high incidence and mortality. The current literature on post-TB sequelae functional defects focuses heavily on spirometry, with conflicting obstruction vs. restriction data, lacks advanced statistical analysis, and has insufficient data on diffusion limitation and functional impairment. Objective: This study aimed to thoroughly evaluate post-tubercular sequelae after treatment, assessing chest radiology, spirometry, diffusing capacity, and exercise capacity. Methods: A total of 85 patients were studied at a university teaching hospital in Mysuru. The data collected included characteristics, comorbidities, smoking history, and respiratory symptoms. The investigations included spirometry, DLCO, chest X-rays with scoring, and 6MWT. Results: Of the patients, 70% had abnormal X-rays post-treatment, correlating with reduced lung function. Additionally, 70% had impaired spirometry with obstructive/restrictive patterns, and 62.2% had reduced DLCO, with females at higher risk. Smoking increased the risk of sequelae. Conclusions: Most patients had residual radiological/lung function abnormalities post-treatment. Advanced analyses provide insights into obstructive vs. restrictive defects. Ongoing research should explore pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic modalities to minimize long-term post-TB disability.","journal":"Journal of Clinical Medicine","year":2024,"id":442837,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":8,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9535,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1094787,"name":"Sumalatha Arunachala","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":909066,"name":"Mohammed Kaleem Ullah","orcid":"0000-0001-8470-3114","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1151420,"name":"Shreedhar Kulkarni","orcid":"0009-0009-0147-8376","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1151424,"name":"Sukanya Ravindran","orcid":"0009-0002-6507-8098","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1151421,"name":"Rekha Vaddarahalli ShankaraSetty","orcid":"0009-0008-6781-3627","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":909067,"name":"Sowmya Malamardi","orcid":"0000-0002-8173-9127","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":979766,"name":"Sindaghatta Krishnarao Chaya","orcid":"0000-0002-4898-9466","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":798830,"name":"Komarla Sundararaja Lokesh","orcid":"0000-0001-5651-1123","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":798829,"name":"Ashwaghosha Parthasarathi","orcid":"0000-0002-7270-0247","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1256585,"name":"Bellipady Shyam Prasad Shetty","orcid":"0000-0003-3920-7570","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1257032,"name":"Prashanth Chikkahonnaiah","orcid":null,"position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":909691,"name":"Prashant Vishwanath","orcid":null,"position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":909068,"name":"Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah","orcid":"0000-0001-6055-4580","position":13,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":48868,"name":"P A Mahesh","orcid":"0000-0003-1632-5945","position":14,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1256584,"name":"N. Bansal","orcid":"0009-0003-8665-1313","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":54,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:01:20.107161Z","pmid":"39064155","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}