Illness	Number of cases
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.93)	72
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.91)	43
Acute kidney failure unspecified (N17.92)	32
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 4 severe (N18.4)	10
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (N18.5)	10
Other disorders of arteries and arterioles - Arteritis unspecified (I77.6)	9
Essential primary hypertension (I10.91)	6
Other disorders of fluid electrolyte and acid-base balance - Hyperkalemia (E87.5)	5
Other disorders of fluid electrolyte and acid-base balance - Hypokalemia (E87.6)	5
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	309
Investigation of the activity of the heart and lungs during sleep (1-791)	33
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	29
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.2)	20
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	18
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	17
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	15
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	13
Treatment on the intensive care unit (basic procedures) (8-980.0)	13
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	11

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0400

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
35	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*
32	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
29	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
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)