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Patient characteristics
*15-44 yr; †Weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters; ‡8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on working days; §Defined as the interval from the emergency department visit to the induction of anesthesia for appendectomy; ∥Defined as the interval from the emergency department visit until hospital discharge; ¶Does not include 23 cases of interval appendectomy. IQR, interquartile range.
