Whether to report diabetes as the underlying cause-of-death a survey of internists of different sub-specialties 英文论文文献.docVIP

Lu et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2010, 10:13 /1472-6823/10/13 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Whether to report diabetes as the underlying Research article cause-of-death? a survey of internists of different sub-specialties Tsung-Hsueh Lu*1, Ching-Fai Kwok2,3 and Low-Tone Ho2,3 Abstract Background: Cause-specific mortality is a commonly used endpoint of clinical trials or prospective studies. However, it is sometimes difficult for physician to determine the underlying-cause-of-death (UCD), especially for diabetic patients coexisted with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The aim of this sur