Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	108
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	91
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	90
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	83
Volume depletion (E86)	66
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	40
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	32
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	31
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	31
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.0)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	608
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	264
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	262
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	241
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)	203
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	178
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	148
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	128
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdominal cavity with contrast medium (3-825)	114
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	113

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100 , 0700

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

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
55	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*
55	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
52	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Chirurgie; Orthopädie, Innere Medizin, Anästhesie & Intensiv, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH);
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin, Orthopädie, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH); Radiologie:Netzwerk Brustkrebs am Universitätsklinikum Essen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Heep, Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Witzke: Universität Duisburg-Essen; Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Weber, Fr. Prof. Dr. med. May: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankf.-M., Fr. Prof. Dr. med. Kampe: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praxiseinsätze von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Essen und der MTRA-Schule des Elisabeth-Krankenhauses Essen (Contilia GmbH Essen)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Schule für Physiotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen