Table 1.
Overall analytic cohort of children who underwent appendectomy between 2011–2017.
| Total | IV Acetaminophen Use | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 110,019 (%) | Yes N = 24,777 (%) |
No N = 85,242 (%) |
p-value | |
|
| ||||
| Mean age (±SD), years | 10.9 (3.7) | 10.7 (3.8) | 11.0 (3.7) | <0.001 |
| Male gender | 66,330 (60.3) | 14,833 (59.9) | 51,497 (60.4) | 0.122 |
| Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino |
37,031 (33.7) | 8,522 (34.4) | 28,509 (33.4) | <0.001 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 67,043 (60.9) | 15,395 (62.1) | 51,648 (60.6) | |
| Unknown | 5,945 (5.4) | 860 (3.5) | 5,086 (6.0) | |
| Race White |
77,616 (70.6) | 17,174 (69.3) | 60,442 (70.9) | <0.001 |
| Black | 7,943 (7.2) | 1,790 (7.2) | 6,153 (7.2) | |
| Asian | 2,692 (2.5) | 625 (2.5) | 2,067 (2.4) | |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 930 (0.9) | 62 (0.25) | 868 (1.0) | |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 207 (0.2) | 34 (0.14) | 173 (0.2) | |
| Other | 20,631 (18.8) | 5,092 (20.6) | 15,539 (18.2) | |
| Insurance Private |
49,672 (45.2) | 10,497 (42.4) | 39,175 (46.0) | <0.001 |
| Public | 54,722 (49.7) | 12,953 (52.3) | 41,769 (49.0) | |
| Other | 5,625 (5.1) | 1,327 (5.4) | 4,298 (5.0) | |
| Hospital Region Midwest |
21,848 (19.9) | 7,478 (30.2) | 14,370 (16.9) | <0.001 |
| Northeast | 12,119 (11.0) | 2,087 (8.4) | 10,032 (11.8) | |
| South | 45,214 (41.1) | 10,150 (40.97) | 35,064 (41.1) | |
| West | 30,838 (28.0) | 5,062 (20.4) | 25,776 (30.2) | |
| Open Appendectomy | 4,537 (4.1) | 866 (3.5) | 3,671 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Perforated Appendicitis | 33,638 (30.6) | 10,721 (43.3) | 22,917 (26.9) | <0.001 |