Illness	Number of cases
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	226
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	204
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	203
Volume depletion (E86)	113
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	110
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	104
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	102
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	97
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	87
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	82

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.463
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	886
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	883
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	759
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	728
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	711
(9-984.8)	642
(9-984.7)	612
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)	591
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	471

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

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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
10	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*
10	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
10	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Privatdozent Dr. med Hans Goost: Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Lehrbeauftragter Alterstraumatologie, Forschung

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation mit dem EVK Bergisch Gladbach werden in der Bildungsstätte für Pflege Rhein-Berg (www.pflege-rhein-berg.de) pro Jahr 40 Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerinnen und -pfleger ausgebildet. Das Krankenhaus Wermelskirchen bietet dabei 15 Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahr an.