Chronic kidney disease diagnosis in University Hospital RWTH Aachen
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
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395054
Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Floege
Department of Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Rheumatology and Immunology
Specialized in: nephrology, hypertensiology, rheumatology, immunology The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- general urine analysis
- daily urine analysis
- biochemical blood test
- inflammation markers (CRP, ESR)
- blood coagulation analysis (aPTT, PT, INR)
- immune tests
- ultrasound examination
- kidney vessels MR angiography (if indicated 1200 €)
- еxcretory scintigraphy (if indicated 600 €)
- nursing services
- consultation of related specialists
- treatment by head doctor and all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- Creatinine and urea blood levels, eGFR assessment (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Rheumatology and Immunology at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services in these medical fields. The department specializes in the treatment of kidney diseases, arterial hypertension, rheumatic diseases and immune system pathologies. One of the key foci of the department's work is the treatment of kidney failure (dialysis procedures, kidney transplantation). Dialysis is carried out both on an inpatient and day patient basis. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Floege.
The department has 48 beds. The dialysis is carried out at a special station equipped with 12 beds. The department annually performs more than 16,000 hemodialysis procedures, 2,000 continuous dialysis procedures, about 300 plasmapheresis procedures and 200 immunoadsorption procedures. In addition, the department is equipped with advanced ultrasound equipment for the most accurate diagnostics (B-mode ultrasound, color duplex sonography, continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, ultrasound-guided puncture).
The department’s spectrum of medical services includes:
- Diagnostics and treatment of hypertension
- Diagnostics and treatment of all kidney diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of rheumatic diseases and pathologies of the immune system with a special focus on
- Immunosuppressive therapy
- Membrane plasma separation
- Cryofiltration
- Cascade plasma filtering
- Diagnostics and treatment of endocrine diseases, especially diseases of the adrenal glands, kidneys, parathyroid glands
- Medical care in late complications of diabetes mellitus (diabetic nephropathy)
- Diagnostics and treatment of bone metabolic disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic kidney failure (more than 1,000 procedures of acute dialysis annually)
- All types of renal replacement therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Hemofiltration
- Hemodiafiltration
- Chronic peritoneal dialysis on an outpatient basis
- Continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis
- Citrate hemodialysis
- Citrate hemofiltration
- Hemoperfusion
- Plasma separation
- Immunoadsorption
- Cryofiltration
- Kidney transplantation (in collaboration with the Department of General, Abdominal and Transplant Surgery)
- Intensive care, including the apparative treatment of exogenous and endogenous poisoning, hemoperfusion, continuous venovenous hemofiltration, mechanical ventilation
- Dialysis access formation (within the specialized interdisciplinary center)
- Interdisciplinary service for patients with kidney and heart diseases
- 24-hour kidney disease care service
- Other diagnostic and therapeutic options
Curriculum vitae
Professor Jürgen Floege received his clinical training at the Hannover Medical School. His particular interest in renal diseases developed during various research periods in Physiology, Pharmacology, Nephrology and Pathology at the Hannover Medical School (Germany), the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York) and the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). He is the Head of the Department of Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Rheumatology and Immunology at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (since 1999).
Professor Floege is a former Vice Dean in RWTH Aachen, Executive Council Member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA), as well as a current Member of the Executive Board of KDIGO. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the ERAEDTA, past President of the German Society of Nephrology, as well as an Honorary Member of the Japanese, Polish, Portugese, Serbian and Slowakian Societies of Nephrology. Together with Professors Richard Johnson and John Feehally he edits the best-selling textbook "Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology". Finally, Professor Floege is a Co-Editor of the ERA-EDTA Journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation and a Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, Nature Reviews Nephrology, Journal of Nephrology and others.
Research interests encompass both basic research aimed at the study of progression of renal diseases, in particular, renal fibrosis, as well as clinical research in immune-mediated renal diseases, in particular, IgA-nephropathy, as well as bone and mineral disorders, cardiovascular disease in uremic patients.
His scientific work encompasses about 500 original papers, reviews and editorials, as well as 40 book chapters.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
About hospital
According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German hospitals!
As a maximum care university medical facility, the hospital guarantees patients first-class medical services combined with a respectful and human attitude. The hospital integrates all the modern options for the accurate diagnostics, effective therapy and productive research activities within one specialized center.
The hospital has more than 60 departments, institutes and interdisciplinary centers. A competent team of professionals, consisting of more than 7,000 employees (more than 940 doctors, including about 95 professors), takes care of the patients' health. In addition, multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, as well as medical and technical staff are available here. The patients and respectful attitude to their social, cultural and religious affiliations are at the center of all employees' efforts.
The cornerstone of the successful clinical practice is the innovative technical base. The hospital offers the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Thus, the hospital has all the resources in order to provide top-class medical services.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen live in comfortable single and double rooms. All patient rooms are designed with large windows, so one can enjoy a beautiful landscape view. Each patient room has an ensuite bathroom. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a spacious wardrobe, a TV, a radio and a telephone. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you do not eat all the foods, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Toilet
Shower
Wi-Fi
TV
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or at the hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can live at a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you to choose the most suitable options.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Embolization of tumors and vascular malformations
- Aortic surgery, including in children
- Radiosurgical interventions in the head and body region
- Cochlear implantation
- Treatment of all types of sports injuries
These are pathologies of the brain and spinal cord, benign and malignant tumors of various localizations, congenital and acquired heart defects, joint pathologies, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, eye injuries, inflammatory skin diseases, allergies and other pathologies.
- Oncology (EU Regional Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care Aachen)
- Pediatric cardiac surgery
- General and abdominal surgery
- Plastic and burn surgery
- Pediatric and adolescent medicine
Over 940 highly qualified doctors work at the hospital.
