Illness	Number of cases
Care involving dialysis (Z49.1)	167
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.93)	143
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	136
Other diseases of biliary tract - Obstruction of bile duct (K83.1)	117
Calculus of bile duct without cholangitis or cholecystitis with obstruction (K80.51)	96
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (N18.5)	90
Volume depletion (E86)	78
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	78
Other diseases of digestive system - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage unspecified (K92.2)	69
Heart failure (I50.01)	53

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	2.833
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.0)	2.599
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	2.024
Blood purification outside the body through a combination of haemofiltration and dialysis (8-855.3)	1.860
(1-611.00)	1.542
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	1.436
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	940
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	846
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	751
Examination of the biliary tract and pancreatic ducts by X-ray examination with contrast medium during endoscopy of the duodenum (1-642)	732

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0107

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25
CQ31

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

Number	Group
291	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*
176	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
63	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an. Seit 01.10.2023 eigene OTA-Schule.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Berufsbezeichnung seit 2019 Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/-in.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA-Schule.