Illness	Number of cases
Heart failure (I50.01)	379
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	247
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	159
Volume depletion (E86)	119
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	112
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	96
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	81
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	71
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	63
Syncope and collapse (R55)	63

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	459
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	412
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	302
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	261
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.1)	247
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	234
Radio-controlled cardiological telemetry (8-933)	223
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	198
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	171
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.m0)	138

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

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
126	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*
115	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
97	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	z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Marburg oder Düsseldorf z.B. Lehrauftrag in der Universität Köln im Bereich Rehawesen
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Kaiserswerther Diakonie Z.B. Lehraufträge Ärztekammer Nordrhein und Westfalen-Lippe
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	z.B. Famulatur von Medizinstudenten, Praktisches Jahr im Rahmen des Lehrkrankenhauses, Praktika von Physician Assistant
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	z.B. in der Chirurgie mit der Universität Tübingen, Wien, Sorbonne Paris im Rahmen von OP Kursen und wissenschaftlichen Projekten (EUROCRINE)
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Publikationen in Pubmed gelisteten wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften/ Journals. Buchbeiträge in chirurgischen Fachbüchern. Medikamentöse Suchttherapie erschienen im Kohlhammer Verlag Sep. 2022

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung: Akupunktur nach dem NADA-Protokoll
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit den Maltesern Aachen
HB19	Nursing professionals