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)
- kidney ultrasound
- nursing services
- consultation of related specialists
- treatment by chief physician and all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- Kidney US (if available)
- MRI/CT scan (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Nephrology at the University Hospital Marburg UKGM offers the full range of medical services in this field and specializes in the treatment of kidney diseases and hypertension. The department’s tasks also include the diagnostics and treatment of diseases requiring intensive care (acute kidney and multiple organ failure), chronic kidney failure (dialysis and other methods of detoxification), kidney transplantation and combined kidney and pancreas transplantation. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Hoyer.
An important area of the department’s work is transplant medicine. The department specializes not only in transplanting kidneys from deceased donors to adults and elderly patients (Eurotransplant Program), but also in transplanting kidneys from living donors, combined kidney and pancreas transplants, and kidney transplants in case of blood group incompatibility.
The department has all modern methods, which, combined with excellent qualifications and colossal experience of doctors, allows to regularly demonstrate high rates of treatment success.
The department’s range of medical services includes:
- Diagnostics and treatment of kidney diseases
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Acute kidney failure
- Glomerulopathies
- Tubulointerstitial diseases
- Vascular diseases with renal artery lesions
- Chronic terminal kidney failure
- Water-electrolyte imbalance
- Diagnostics and treatment of autoimmune diseases
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Glomerulonephritis
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Rheumatic fever
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Hypersensitivity vasculitis
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis)
- Dialysis procedures
- Chronic hemodialysis
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Plasmapheresis, plasma separation
- Immunoadsorption
- Transplant medicine
- Kidney transplantation from living and deceased donors
- Kidney-pancreas transplantation
- Kidney transplantation in case of blood group incompatibility
- Other medical services
Photo of the doctor: (c) UKGM - Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
About hospital
The University Hospital Marburg UKGM offers patients modern diagnostics and comprehensive therapy at the international level. As a maximum care hospital, the medical facility specializes in all fields of modern medicine ranging from ophthalmology to traumatology and dentistry. The main areas of specialization of the hospital are surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, nephrology with kidney transplantation and children's medicine.
The hospital is the third largest in Germany. Every year, more than 436,000 patients are treated in two locations of the hospital (Giessen and Marburg): 342,000 in outpatient and 94,000 inpatient settings. The medical facility is the first privatized university hospital in the country.
The hospital staff makes a significant contribution to the development of research activities at the Faculty of Medicine of the Justus Liebig University Giessen and the Philipps University of Marburg. To develop new diagnostic and therapeutic methods, as well as to implement them into clinical practice, the specialists maintain active cooperation in a large number of areas.
The widest range of diagnostic and therapeutic services, the advanced infrastructure and technical base, high quality of treatment and professionalism of health workers contribute to the fact that the medical facility has an excellent reputation not only in Germany, but also far beyond its borders.
Photo: (c) depositphotos
Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Marburg UKGM live in comfortable single and double rooms made in a modern design and light colors. Each room has an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet. The pediatric departments provide patient rooms for the joint accommodation of mother and child. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, bedside table, wardrobe, TV, telephone.
Meals and Menus
The patients of the hospital are offered balanced, healthy three meals a day: buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. The private kitchen, certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2000, is responsible for providing patients with food and drinks.
If for some reason you do not eat all foods, you will be offered an individual menu. The hospital also has a cafeteria with a large assortment of hot and cold drinks, snacks and desserts.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Television
All patient rooms are equipped with TV sets. If you have some questions about TV use, please contact medical personnel.
Religion
Religious services can be provided upon request.
Accompanying person
During an inpatient program, an accompanying person can stay with you in a patient room or in a hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can stay at the hotel of your choice. Our managers will help you choose the most suitable option.