Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	80
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.9)	71
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	69
Syncope and collapse (R55)	66
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	60
Heart failure (I50.01)	51
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	47
Other diseases of digestive system - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage unspecified (K92.2)	46
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	39
Other anaemias (D64.8)	34

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	3.573
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.356
Blood purification outside the body through a combination of haemofiltration and dialysis (8-855.3)	616
(8-713.0)	511
(9-984.7)	362
Examination of the biliary tract and pancreatic ducts by X-ray examination with contrast medium during endoscopy of the duodenum (1-642)	359
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	342
(9-984.8)	336
Ultrasound of the oesophagus with access through the mouth (3-051)	309
Ultrasound of the duodenum with access through the oesophagus (3-054)	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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

Angebot des MVZ Westdeutsches Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrum

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
86	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*
60	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
57	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	Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis. Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Mazinani , Prof. Bastian
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Diederich MHD. Regelmäßige Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (PJ- Programm). Praktische Studentenausbildung am VKKD (Unterricht der Medizinstudenten im 7. und 8. Fachsemester der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Praxisblöcken.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Zahlreiche Studien in der Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie und Klinik für Neurologie Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums und dem Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Phase II: Auf Nachfrage, wechselnde Studienbeteiligungen Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Studierendenausbildung, Praxisblockstudenten, Modellstudiengang Medizin HHU,
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitgl. des Editorial board: Prof. Bastian "Aktuelle Urologie", Prof. Dr. Giagounidis "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Prof. Dr. Diederich Cancer Imaging: Deputy Editor, RadiologieUp2date: kardiopul. Radiologie.
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Jander, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträger aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH in Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Medical School academia chirurgica GmbH und der CTA-Schule Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Ausbildungsstätte für OTA und CTA
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.