Illness	Number of cases
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	125
Volume depletion (E86)	117
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.5)	104
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	84
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	80
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	77
Iron deficiency anaemia - Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss chronic (D50.0)	69
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.0)	59
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	55
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas (C25.0)	55

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	2.150
(9-984.8)	865
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	840
(9-984.7)	797
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	624
(9-984.9)	552
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)	310
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	297
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	281

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0107 , 0152 , 0706 , 0700 , 0151 , 0100 , 0050 , 0500 , 0153

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
85	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*
85	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
71	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)	weitere Ergänzungen siehe Kapitel A3 "Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus"
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Lehrbeauftragung an der Uniklinik der RWTH Aachen für das Fach Chirurgie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	diese Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach angeboten.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	diese Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach angeboten.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	diese Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach angeboten.
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	diese praktische Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der Malteser-Schule Aachen und dem NOBIZ in Düren angeboten.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung der Studentinnen der Hebammenwissenschaft in Kooperation mit der RWTH Aachen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)