Illness	Number of cases
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.9)	95
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	49
Volume depletion (E86)	40
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	39
Heart failure (I50.01)	38
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	38
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulosis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.30)	32
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	31
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	30
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	534
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	239
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	233
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	222
(9-984.8)	188
(9-984.7)	169
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	143
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdominal cavity with contrast medium (3-825)	136
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	135
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	120

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100 , 0700

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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

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
48	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*
48	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
46	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Chirurgie; Orthopädie, Innere Medizin, Anästhesie & Intensiv, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH);
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin, Radiologie im WMDZ; Orthopädie, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH); Radiologie:Netzwerk Brustkrebs am Universitätsklinikum Essen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Heep, Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Jan Dürig: Universität Duisburg-Essen; Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Weber, Fr. Prof. Dr. med. May: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankf.-M., Fr. Prof. Dr. med. Kampe: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praxiseinsätze von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Essen und der MTRA-Schule des Elisabeth-Krankenhauses Essen (Contilia GmbH Essen)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Schule für Physiotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen