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Paradise Criteria for Tonsillectomy in Children

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Predicts which patients with recurring sore throat will benefit from tonsillectomy.

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Christian Hietanen, DO, is a clinical assistant professor in the department of primary care at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, New York. Dr. Hietanen graduated from Canisius College in his hometown of Buffalo, NY, and received his DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a pediatrics residency at Upstate Medical University and then moved to the Hudson Valley to practice outpatient pediatrics. Additionally, he directs the third-year pediatric clerkship at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, and he continues his practice on a part-time basis.

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The Paradise Criteria for Tonsillectomy in Children predicts which patients with recurring sore throat will benefit from tonsillectomy.

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