Illness	Number of cases
Cerebral infarction (I63.4)	422
Transient cerebral ischemic attack unspecified (G45.92)	188
Epilepsy (G40.1)	169
Cerebral infarction (I63.8)	140
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	64
Chronic inflammatory disease of the nervous system - multiple sclerosis (G35.11)	58
Other polyneuropathies - Polyneuropathy unspecified (G62.9)	45
Migraine (G43.1)	44
Other disorders of brain - Benign intracranial hypertension (G93.2)	39
Syncope and collapse (R55)	32

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of the brain waves - EEG (1-207.0)	1.734
Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces (1-204.2)	754
Measurement of brain waves triggered by targeted stimuli (evoked potentials) (1-208.2)	613
Measurement of brain waves triggered by targeted stimuli (evoked potentials) (1-208.4)	538
(8-981.20)	418
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)	340
Measurement of brain waves triggered by targeted stimuli (evoked potentials) (1-208.6)	333
Examination of nerve conduction - ENG (1-206)	271
(9-984.7)	230
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	201

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2800

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 1

Angebot des Westdeutschen Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrums

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
87	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*
61	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
58	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	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
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.
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
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
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)
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
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)