Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	286
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	140
Volume depletion (E86)	125
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	100
Erysipelas (A46)	75
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	59
Heart failure (I50.01)	58
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	55
Iron deficiency anaemia - Other iron deficiency anemias (D50.8)	54
Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications (E11.91)	52

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	975
(9-984.8)	630
(9-984.7)	615
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	578
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	431
Patient education (9-500.0)	431
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	420
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	373
(9-984.9)	342
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	307

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
47	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*
37	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
37	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Als Kooperationspartner übernehmen wir die praktische Ausbildung eines Operationstechnischen Assistenten/ in in unserem Haus. Die Auszubildenden werden innerhalb von drei Jahren intensiv auf die vielfältigen Aufgaben im Operationsdienst vorbereitet.
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Evangelischen Pflegeakademie Bergisch Land stehen 175 Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Agaplesion Bethesda Krankenhaus Wuppertal bildet das EVK Mettmann jährlich bis zu 50 Pflegekräfte aus. Dozenten sind Pflegepädagogen, Ärzte und Fachkräfte des Gesundheitswesens.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Als Kooperationspartner im Rahmen des Praktischen Einsatzes in den Bereichen Innere Medizin, Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Chirurgie und Orthopädie