Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	117
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	115
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	111
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	102
Other forms of angina pectoris (I20.8)	100
Volume depletion (E86)	94
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.9)	93
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	90
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	89
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	76

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	654
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	480
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	339
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)	332
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	296
(9-984.7)	286
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.0c)	264
Treatment on the intensive care unit (basic procedures) (8-980.0)	255
(9-984.8)	202
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	175

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

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
77	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*
77	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
77	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. med. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sportorthopädie Lehrbeauftragter des Uniklinikums zu Düsseldorf Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Oliver Spelten: Ärztlicher Direktor und Chefarzt Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin Lehrbeauftragter des Uniklinikums zu Köln
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Dr. Christof Wald: Chefarzt Innere Medizin, Kardiologie Dr. Bernhard Robbers: Chefarzt HNO Prof. Dr. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sportorth. Dr. Christina Theisen: Leitende Oberärztin Unfallchirurgie Ammar Ghouzi: Ärztlicher Leiter der Interdisziplinären Notaufnahme
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Zur Teilnahme unserer Ärzte an Studien möchten wir auf Kapitel A-8.3 verweisen.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mehr Informationen zu den Veröffentlichungen unserer ÄrztInnen erhalten Sie im untenstehenden Text.
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. med. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sport Regelmässige Disputations-Prüfungen an HHU-Düsseldorf

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Die Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit der Medical School academia chirurgica Düsseldorf