Illness	Number of cases
Volume depletion (E86)	162
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	122
Heart failure (I50.01)	116
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	58
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	56
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10.0)	51
Hypotension - Orthostatic hypotension (I95.1)	48
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	46
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	44
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	42

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	681
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)	404
(9-984.7)	356
(9-984.8)	316
Treatment by specific positioning of the patient in bed, e.g. positioning in a sling table or special bed (8-390.x)	254
(9-984.b)	230
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	185
(9-984.9)	180
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	161
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	159

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

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
54	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*
40	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
29	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung durch die Zentrale Krankenpflegeschule am St. Franziskus-Hospital Ahlen, praktischer Einsatz im St. Elisabeth Hospital.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung der OTA-Schüler in Zusammenarbeit mit dem IBiG Hamm-Heessen sowie der Universitätsklinik Münster.
HB19	Nursing professionals