NSQIP_CDIFF_POSITIVE_TEST

Description:

The NSQIP_CDIFF_POSITIVE_TEST table contains the tests that resulted positive for patients with postoperative occurrences of C. diff. The information is part of NSQIP registry submissions.

Primary Key

Column Name	Ordinal Position
REGISTRY_DATA_ID	1
LINE	2

Column Information

	Name	Type	Discontinued?
1	REGISTRY_DATA_ID	NUMERIC	No
	The unique identifier (.1 item) for the registry data record.
2	LINE	INTEGER	No
	The line number for the information associated with this record. Multiple pieces of information can be associated with this record.
3	NSQIP_CDIFF_TEST_C_NAME	VARCHAR	No
	The category ID for the C. diff tests performed that resulted positive for a patient. May contain organization-specific values: No Category Entries: None Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for GDH Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for Toxin A/B Antigen test (GDH assay) Cell culture cytotoxicity assay Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT) DNA Amplification (DNA-A) Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Toxigenic stool culture Unknown Other