Illness	Number of cases
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.93)	82
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (N18.5)	39
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.92)	34
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.91)	31
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	11
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 4 severe (N18.4)	11
Heart failure (I50.01)	8
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	7
Other necrotizing vasculopathies - Microscopic polyangiitis (M31.7)	7
Other necrotizing vasculopathies - Hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	510
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	41
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	29
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	27
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)	27
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	25
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.5)	20
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the kidney, urinary tract or male reproductive organs through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-465.0)	17
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.2)	16
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	15

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0400

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

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

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
25	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*
22	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
19	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)