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Do they meet the Paradise 1984 criteria for tonsillectomy eligibility?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pediatric ENT surgical referral decision","prompt":"I have a 9-year-old patient with documented qualifying episodes including positive strep cultures. They had 6 episodes last year, 5 the year before, and 5 the year before that — that's 5 or more in each of 3 years, and at least 3 in each of 3 years. Qualifying features are present. Do they meet the Paradise 1984 tonsillectomy criteria?"},{"title":"Single-year high-frequency throat infection case","prompt":"My patient had 8 documented throat infections in the past year, all with fever above 38.3°C. They haven't had prior years tracked. Qualifying episode features are true, ge_7_episodes_preceding_year is true, and the multi-year thresholds are both false. Does this meet Paradise 1984 eligibility?"},{"title":"Multi-year moderate frequency tonsillitis case","prompt":"This adult patient had exactly 5 throat infections per year for the past two years, with cervical adenopathy documented each time. The qualifying features flag is true, the 5-per-year-for-2-years flag is true, but the 7-in-one-year and 3-per-year-for-3-years flags are false. Does Paradise 1984 say they're eligible for tonsillectomy?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a paradise_criteria boolean indicating whether the patient meets the 1984 Paradise eligibility thresholds for tonsillectomy: true if qualifying_episode_features is true AND at least one of the three frequency thresholds (≥7 episodes in past year, ≥5 in each of 2 years, or ≥3 in each of 3 years) is also true; false otherwise. Does not examine patients or count episodes.","failureModes":["Missing required boolean query parameters returns a validation error","Caller provides incorrect episode counts or feature assignments — the API cannot verify clinical data and will compute based on what is passed","Non-boolean values for boolean parameters may cause a 400 error","Network or service unavailability returns 5xx","x402 payment failure prevents access to the computation"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to apply the original 1984 Paradise criteria specifically — not the updated AAO-HNS 2019 guidelines. It is appropriate for clinical decision support workflows where a clinician or system has already counted episodes and assessed qualifying features (fever >38.3°C, cervical adenopathy, tonsillar exudate, or positive Group A strep culture) and needs a reliable boolean eligibility determination. Do not use this as a replacement for clinical judgment, patient examination, or as a tonsillectomy order.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T13:07:35.738Z","isFirstParty":false}