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Kaitlyn Tholen

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Tonsillectomy for obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing: should they stay, or could they go?

NR Friedman, M Meier, K Tholen, R Crowder… - The …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis Children who do not require oxygen beyond 3 hours after surgery
and pass a sleep room air challenge (SRAC) are safe for discharge regardless of …

Three-dimensional printed patient models for complex pediatric spinal surgery

JD Coote, T Nguyen, K Tholen, C Stewart… - Ochsner …, 2019 - ochsnerjournal.org
<p><bold>Background:</bold> Pediatric spinal deformity surgeries are challenging operations
that require considerable expertise and resources. The unique anatomy and rarity of …

Persistent OSA in obese children: does body position matter?

K Tholen, M Meier, J Kloor… - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2021 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine if positional therapy is a viable
treatment alternative for obese children with persistent obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). …

Residual OSA in Down syndrome: does body position matter?

TG Lackey, K Tholen, K Pickett… - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2023 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: To examine children with Down syndrome with residual obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) to determine if they are more likely to have positional OSA. Methods: A …

Hearing outcomes in children with pneumococcal meningitis in the PCV13 era

NK Lee, S Tong, K Tholen, J Boguniewicz… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae, is associated with the highest incidence of post-meningitic
SNHL. The exact impact of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) on …

[HTML][HTML] Olfactory testing as COVID-19 screening in school children; A prospective cross-sectional study

SA Gitomer, K Tholen, K Pickett, RD Mistry… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about olfactory changes in pediatric COVID-19. It is possible that
children under-report chemosensory changes on questionnaires, similar to reports in adults. …

Tonsillectomy and hematologic malignancy: Should routine pediatric tonsillectomy specimens be sent to pathology?

K Tholen, O Kalmanson, CR Francom… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Routine pediatric tonsillectomy ± adenoidectomy (T ± A) is one of the most common
procedures for children worldwide, accounting for approximately 2000 procedures per …

Otitis Media in Children with Down Syndrome Is Associated with Shifts in the Nasopharyngeal and Middle Ear Microbiotas

CL Elling, SH Goff, SD Hirsch, K Tholen… - Genetic Testing and …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Otitis media (OM) is defined as middle ear (ME) inflammation that is usually
due to infection. Globally, OM is a leading cause of hearing loss and is the most frequently …

Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors Associated with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

…, T Garrington, T Jellins, K Tholen… - Annals of Otology …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Cancer predisposition syndromes are germline pathogenic variants in genes
that greatly raise the risk of developing neoplastic diseases. One of the most well-known is Li-…

Pediatric primary tympanoplasty outcomes with autologous and non-autologous grafts

…, OA Kalmanson, C Stevens, KE Tholen… - Otology & …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare rates of successful tympanic membrane (TM) closure in primary
pediatric tympanoplasty between various autologous and non-autologous tissues. Methods: A …