DM-associated secondary causes, pathologies derived from DM's chronic microvascular kidney complications CRI,14 and micro and macrovascular inferior limb complications with amputation or infections such as septic arthritis, cellulitis and/or osteomyelitis. Urinary infections that derived in septicemia were also considered to be DM-related causes because of their high prevalence and their relationship with metabolic control in DM patients.
Causa directa o inmediata causa a: la enfermedad, traumatismo o complicaciones inmediatas a la muerte y no la forma de morir como desfallecimiento del corazón, asfixia, astenia, etc. Causa básica o fundamental causa b y c, antecedentes o condiciones morbosas si existiera alguna que produjeron la causa específica a, mencionándose en último lugar la causa básica o fundamental.