Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	216
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	134
Volume depletion (E86)	118
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	100
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	83
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	78
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	66
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	65
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	60
Heart failure (I50.01)	59

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	907
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	409
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)	303
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	238
Interdisciplinary measures for early postoperative treatment and early rehabilitation of ill elderly people (8-550.1)	217
Ultrasound of the duodenum with access through the oesophagus (3-054)	139
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	121
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	93
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	74
Examination of the biliary tract and pancreatic ducts by X-ray examination with contrast medium during endoscopy of the duodenum (1-642)	66

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
32	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*
28	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
28	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen für die Assistenzarztausbildung sind möglich.
Doctoral supervision	Doktorandenbetreuung ist in Zusammenarbeit mit Bonifatius Hospital Lingen möglich.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Akademie St. Franziskus in Lingen, Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen. Studiengang Hebammenwissenschaft in Kooperation mit der Jade Hochschule Oldenburg.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen. Es besteht eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule Hanzeschool in Groningen.
HB19	Nursing professionals	An der Akademie St. Anna in Papenburg sind 18 Ausbildungsplätze je Ausbildungsjahr für die generalistische Ausbildung Pflegefachfrau/Pflegefachmann vorhanden. Beginn ist jährlich der 1. Oktober.