Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	453
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10.2)	329
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	102
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	99
Volume depletion (E86)	78
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	77
Heart failure (I50.01)	65
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	64
Sleep disorders (G47.38)	52
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.160
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	922
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	673
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	613
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	574
(9-984.7)	536
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	520
(9-984.8)	456
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	426
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	368

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
28	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
20	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
8	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Christiane Szliska: Universität Bochum; PD Prof. hon. Dr. Stephan El Gammal: Universität Bochum, Prof. Dr. Steffen Schröter: Universität Bonn und Tübingen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Strukturierte Facharztweiterbildung

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Diakonie in Südwestfalen Pflegebildungszentrum Virchowstraße 13 57074 Siegen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Uniklinik Gießen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Lüdenscheid