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KLOSTER GRAFSCHAFT KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i1rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i1 1 004.12.20084.12.2008 114:59:504:59:50 UhrUhr INFORMATION CLINIC MANAGEMENT CONTACT Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Köhler Telephone Medical director switchboard +492972/791-00 Werner Ernst Fax +492972/791-1155 Administrative director E-mail [email protected] Anna-Maria Hanses Nursing service management www.krankenhaus-klostergrafschaft.de Sister M. Theodora Reverend Mother Secretarial offi ce of the chief physician Legal entity of Kloster Grafschaft specialist Pneumology I and hospital is the ”Kongregation der Barm- Pneumology II herzigen Schwestern vom heiligen Karl Phone +492972/791-2501 Borromäus” [Congregation of the merciful Fax -2526 nuns of the holy Karl Borromäus] Secretarial offi ce of the (for more detailed information about the chief physician congregation of nuns please refer to page 14) Allergology Phone +492972/791-2601 Fax -2602 MEDICAL CARE CENTRE Admission of patients (MVZ) Phone +492972/791-1151 at Kloster Grafschaft specialist hospital GmbH Fax -1161 Administration The medical care centre is a subsidiary of Kloster Grafschaft specialist Phone +492972/791-00 hospital for the outpatient care of patients with statutory health insurance Fax -1010 and privately insured patients. Practice for Practice for For inpatient hospital treatment we lung and bronchial medicine allergology require a hospital admission form from your general practitioner or Dr. med. Peter Kemper Dr. med. Friedrich W. Riffelmann specialist. Phone +492972/791-2542 Phone +492972/791-2601 Fax +492972/791-2544 Fax +492972/791-2602 We settle the costs with all statutory and private insurance funds in Please bring your insurance card with you for the treatment. the fi eld of inpatient as well as out- patient treatment. 2 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i2rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i2 2 004.12.20084.12.2008 114:59:554:59:55 UhrUhr RANGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES INTERNAL ACUTE MEDICINE WITH THE FOLLOWING FOCUSES Besides the focus on lung diseases, Kloster Grafschaft specialist hospital Pneumology II particularly also cares for internal Dr. med. Peter Haidl diseases in the regional environ- ment. - General pneumology Pneumology I with oncology These include diseases in the fi elds Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Köhler - internal medicine of gastroenterology, cardiology, - Intensive care medicine and oncology, nephrology and endo- weaning (weaning from artifi cial crinology. respiration) - Early rehabilitation after long-term This extensive diagnosis is only respiration possible owing to our excellent - Sleep medicine and respiration Allergology technical equipment and personnel, at home Dr. med. Friedrich W. Riffelmann in particular owing to our large - Respiratory tracts, skin internal intensive care ward. - Food allergies - Contact allergies - Allergies against insect poison - Hyposensitisation 3 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i3rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i3 3 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:00:075:00:07 UhrUhr PNEUMOLOGY PNEUMOLOGY … … GENERAL possibilities will be discussed with you. An extensive lung function LUNG DISEASES examination will often be necessary. X-rays of the lung are Also important The department of lung medicine (helpful: to bring previous x-rays for (pneumology) supervises more than comparison), if applicable a com- 4,000 patients each year. The focus- puter tomography will be required. es of the treatment are placed upon A bronchoscopy (endoscopy of the the following clinical pictures: respiratory tracts) may be neces- - Chronic obstructive bronchitis sary in order to clarify a chronic - Lung emphysema cough, if a tumour of the bronchia - Bronchial asthma or the lung is suspected, and for the - Lung cancer therapeutic suction of very thick - Lung fi brosis bronchial mucus. - Chronic persistent cough For example, the functional ca- pability of the cilia of the mucous The department has special compe- membrane in the respiratory tract tence in the assessment and training can be measured in the department of inhalation therapies. for nuclear medicine, the disorder of which is often the cause for the After the examination by the ward chronic cough. doctor upon admission, the neces- sary examinations and treatment 4 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i4rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i4 4 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:00:245:00:24 UhrUhr ....INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE AND WEANING Kloster Grafschaft hospital has an In approx. two-thirds of the cases, intensive care department with 14 we succeed in weaning the patients beds. All internal emergency diseases from the mechanical respiration and (heart attack, stroke, lung embolism, thus enable the often seriously gastro-intestinal bleeding, etc.) can ill patient to return to a home envi- be treated here according to the latest ronment. The relatives of the patient medical knowledge. are integrated into the treatment A special focus of the hospital is the concept. A limited number of rooms supervision and so-called weaning of are available on the clinic site for patients after long-term respiration. relatives. After the successful weaning During the weaning from the respira- there is often a further need for tory machine, the patient should be therapy in the form of non-invasive placed in the position to breathe on respiration (mask respiration) and his own again. physiotherapy. For this purpose, Kloster Grafschaft hospital is one of depending on the condition, the the largest respiration and weaning patient can be moved to the early centres in Germany. Approx. 200 rehabilitation department, which patients, who received long-term is affi liated with the hospital, after respiration treatment, and who are the long-term respiration, or to the transferred to us from intensive specialist ward for initiation of home care wards of other acute medicine respiration. hospitals from all over Germany, are supervised each year. 5 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i5rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i5 5 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:00:415:00:41 UhrUhr PNEUMOLOGY ...EARLY REHABILITATION AFTER From the start, our team, which covers several specialist fi elds, starts LONG-TERM RESPIRATION out with individually coordinated therapy measures parallel to the After the intensive-care acute comprehensive medical therapy. treatment the patients will continue Our team is composed of specialist to be cared for in the department of doctors, specialist nurses, especially early rehabilitation after long-term trained physio-, logo-, ergo- and respiration. The early rehabilitation wound therapists as well as a speci- department has been in existence alist in nursing transition. since March 2005 and offers 20 beds. It is often not yet possible to move the patients to further rehabilitation clinics owing to the seriousness of the disease and/or owing to the respiration. To a large extent, the success of the therapy depends on the rehabilitation therapeutic measures beginning as early as possible after the event which triggered off the condition. 6 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i6rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i6 6 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:00:535:00:53 UhrUhr Relatives are integrated into the rehabilitation process and can also be accommodated in the patient’s room. The necessary therapy measures, which are required at home, will be explained in detail (e.g. handling of respiratory devices, cough-up techniques, assistance in the daily routine). Safety and inde- pendence can thus be conveyed for Psychologists, psychotherapists, the home environment. The aim of neurologists, ear, nose and throat these measures, which cover several specialists, etc. will be consulted if specialist fi elds, is to discharge the required. An effi cient therapy plan patient into an independent and is drawn up in dialogue with the self-determined life as far as this is patient and in coordination with possible in his or her condition. his social environment. Extensive rehabilitative measures are carried out by using special aids. If required, modern medical technology (e.g. monitor supervision or respiratory devices) will be used. 7 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i7rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i7 7 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:01:135:01:13 UhrUhr PNEUMOLOGY ...SLEEP MEDICINE AND The focus of our interest is especial- ly placed on diseases which disturb RESPIRATION AT HOME the sleep in many different ways: Since 1987, we have operated a - Obstructive or central sleep apnoea sleep laboratory in our house with - Restless legs syndrome currently more than 20 measure- - Periodic breathing ment places. The patients are - Cheyne-Stokes breathing supervised by our employees day - Chronic respiratory and ventilatory and night. Using state-of-the-art insuffi ciency technology we are in the position - Obesitas hypoventilation syndrome to diagnose and treat diseases of breathing during sleep. We are one of the largest and most- experienced sleep laboratories in Germany. 8 KKrkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i8rkhs_Kloster_engl_Kurzversion.i8 8 004.12.20084.12.2008 115:01:295:01:29 UhrUhr Frequent sleep apnoea (respiratory Sleeplessness which is described arrest) in patients with healthy as insomnia, triggered off through lungs is often accompanied by loud increased leg or arm movements snoring and fatigue during the day. It during the night, can be treated well is caused by obstruction, or closure, using a therapy with medication. of the breathing in the area of the pharynx. It is possible to help almost Depending on the clinical picture, all of these patients to a large extent. the breathing dysfunctions are trea- ted with