Illness	Number of cases
Heart failure (I50.01)	446
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	223
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	190
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	124
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	103
(I21.40)	94
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	77
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	72
Volume depletion (E86)	67
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.12)	66

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	642
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)	580
Complex differential diagnostic sonography of the vascular system with quantitative evaluation (3-035)	406
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	322
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	304
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	291
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.0c)	291
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	282
Radio-controlled cardiological telemetry (8-933)	274
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.1)	237

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

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
153	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*
127	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
101	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	z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Marburg oder Düsseldorf z.B. Lehrauftrag in der Universität Köln im Bereich Rehawesen
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Kaiserswerther Diakonie Z.B. Lehraufträge Ärztekammer Nordrhein und Westfalen-Lippe
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	z.B. Famulatur von Medizinstudenten, Praktisches Jahr im Rahmen des Lehrkrankenhauses, Praktika von Physician Assistant
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	z.B. in der Chirurgie mit der Universität Tübingen, Wien, Sorbonne Paris im Rahmen von OP Kursen und wissenschaftlichen Projekten (EUROCRINE)
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Publikationen in Pubmed gelisteten wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften/ Journals. Buchbeiträge in chirurgischen Fachbüchern. Medikamentöse Suchttherapie erschienen im Kohlhammer Verlag Sep. 2022
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung: Akupunktur nach dem NADA-Protokoll
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit den Maltesern Aachen
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	Med. Fachangestellte
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)