Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	129
Volume depletion (E86)	127
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	111
Heart failure (I50.01)	110
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	95
Pain in throat and chest (R07.4)	95
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	74
Syncope and collapse (R55)	65
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	60
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	57

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	519
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	440
(9-984.7)	315
(9-984.8)	303
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	263
(9-984.9)	155
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	154
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	142
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	134
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	131

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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
54	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*
42	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
39	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem Klinikum Ludwighafen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegehelferschule des Diakonissenkrankenhauses in Speyer
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	In der Abteilung Physiotherapie findet die praktische Ausbildung der Schüler aus umliegenden Physiotherapieschulen statt
HB19	Nursing professionals	Als Ausbildungsbetrieb stehen 36 Ausbildungsplätze in Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegeschule im Diakonissenkrankenhaus Speyer zur Verfügung.