Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	134
Systemic sclerosis (M34.8)	74
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	66
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	62
Psoriasis (L40.5)	39
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	34
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	32
Other disorders of arteries and arterioles - Arteritis unspecified (I77.6)	19
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified - Pain in unspecified joint (M25.50)	19
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid lung disease with rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site (M05.10)	18

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	1.181
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	705
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	599
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	576
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	490
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	488
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	273
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	235
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the musculoskeletal system with contrast medium (3-826)	210
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	203

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0900

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
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*
36	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
36	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision	Dr. Bühring, Dr. Patsalis, Dr. Cordier, Prof. Dr. Erhardt
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Dr. Thiele: >50 Studien zur klinischen Rheumatologie
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Dr. Bühring: Rheumatologie; Dr. Cordier: in Zusammenarbeit mit der Charité Berlin zum Thema Protheseninfektionen; Dr.Nossek: fotodynamische intramedulläre Stabilisierung des vorderen Beckenrings
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Dr. Cordier; Dr. Bühring: wissenschaftliche Publikationen, Lehrbuchkapitel
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf: Dr. Cordier, Dr. Dammann, Dr. Nossek für den Studiengang Physician Assistance (CTA/MAC)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Dr. Bühring: ca. 16 Studien zur klinischen Rheumatologie; Dr. Patsalis: "Ergebnisse der TM Ankle Sprunggelenksprothese“; Prof. Dr. Erhardt: 2 Studien
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Dr. Bühring: Rheumatologie mit Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gesundheitshochschule Bochum, Bergische Universität Wupp., Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düs.; Prof. Dr. Welz-Barth mit Universität Witten-Herdecke; Prof. Dr. Erhardt mit Universität Köln; Dr. Adam mit Universität Jena und RWTH Aachen
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur: Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Unfallchirurgie; Famulatur u. PJ: Intern. Rheumatologie, Orthopädie/ spez. Orthopäd. Chirurgie, Kinderorthopädie, Orthopäd. Rheumatologie, Gastroenterologie, Allgemein-u. Viszeralchirurgie, Anästhesiologie u. Schmerztherapie; Blockpraktikum u. Famulatur Geriatrie
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Universität Witten-Herdecke: Prof. Dr. Welz-Barth; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf: Prof. Dr. Welz-Barth, Prof. Dr. Erhardt, Dr. Nossek, Dr. Dammann, Dr. Kuruc, Dr. Bühring, Dr. Cordier, Dr. Adam; Bergische Universität Wuppertal: Fr. Elsesser; Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Dr. Bühring

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)