Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	243
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	195
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	142
Volume depletion (E86)	132
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	131
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	129
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	125
Syncope and collapse (R55)	117
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10.0)	113
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	98

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Complex differential diagnostic sonography using Tissue Doppler Imaging [TDI] and deformation analysis of tissue [speckle tracking] (3-034)	2.534
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.278
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)	876
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	810
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	770
Complex differential diagnostic sonography of the vascular system with quantitative evaluation (3-035)	761
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	587
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	555
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	314
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	300

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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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
49	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*
42	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
15	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Dozentur, Lehrauftrag und Prüfungsausschuss mitglied am "BIG" in Essen. Fachbereich Hygiene.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Regelmäßige Studentenfortbildungen im Rahmen von Famulaturen auf dem Gebiet der Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie. Urologische Famulaturen, PF Ausbildung wird angestrebt.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	"Telemedizin in der Urologie" mit der Universität Siegen
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Dozent auf dem Gebiet der Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Dozent auf dem Gebiet der Urologie an der MHH (Hannover) und Universität-Duisburg Essen (Universitätsklinikum Essen, Urologie).
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitautor "Uroonkologie", "Lehrbuch Urologie, Thieme Verlag", "Palliativ Medizin", Ärzteverlag