III. Medical Clinic

1. Medical service portfolio

Internal medicine – diseases of the digestive organs (gastroenterology / hepatology) – inflammatory diseases of the muscoskeletal system and the soft tissue (rheumatology / osteology) – acute and chronic infectious diseases – internistic intensive medicine

2. Specific main focuses of medical care

Gastroenterology

• Sonographic and endoscopic emphasis including endoscopy of all hollow organs (stomach,intestine, straight intestine, biliary tract) and capsule endoscopy
• Complete gastroenterologic and hepatologic functional diagnostics and biofeedback in cases of anal incontinence
• Diagnostics and therapy of acute und chronic benign and malignant diseases of the digestive organs such as bleeding, ulcers, stone diseases, inflammations, liver cirrhoses

Rheumatology

• Diagnostics and treatment of autoimmune diseases, diseases of the inflammatory-rheumatic pectrum 

Infectiology

• Infection ward (infections caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites)

Internistic intensive medicine

• Gastroenterologic intensive care ward

Further internistic clinical pictures

• Sleep apnea screening
• Disturbance of the water-electrolyte balance, infections, organ failure

3. Further services offered

• Department-own medical specialist 24 hours on duty
  Special consulting hours: HIV outpatients’ care, rheumatology, proctology, reflux disease of the esophagus
  
• Advisory service: nutrition and diet consultation
  
• Patients’ information material
  
• Periodical advance training events for general practitioners and medical specialists