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We treat and nurse children and adolescents with diseases of the pancreas, stomach, intestines and liver as well as before and after liver transplantation or combined liver and kidney transplantation. Our ward offers its young patients and their relatives a wide range of support services. Please feel free to contact us.

Our Nursing is based on the MHH mission statement and the nursing concept of Hannover Medical School. It is planned, carried out and evaluated in a patient-oriented manner, taking into account the psychosocial situation. We are responsible for a certain number of patients within the scope of departmental nursing.

Our nursing team consists of full-time and part-time registered nurses (some with additional qualifications such as practice supervisors, diabetes consultants (DDG) and specialists for management tasks in nursing). Participation in internal and external training courses is an integral part of our Human Resources. There are also regular team meetings and in-patient training sessions. New employees are introduced to their tasks according to an induction concept developed by the ward, which guarantees our patients a high standard of safety and care.

We guarantee continuous care by working in a three-shift system in order to restore the well-being and health of our patients through interdisciplinary cooperation.

The ward has single and double rooms. Allocation is based exclusively on medical criteria

Ward 61a focuses on pediatric gastroenterology.

Children and adolescents with all diseases of the stomach, intestines, pancreas and liver as well as before and after a liver transplant or a combined liver and kidney transplant are treated here.

The pediatric gastroenterology department at the MHH is one of the largest centers for these diseases in Europe.

The special features of nursing care for these patients are, for example

• handling central venous catheters and various drainage systems
• complex infusion management
• close-meshed balancing
• close monitoring
  - for intensive pain therapy,
  - for intravenous administration of special medication, e.g. immunosuppressive antibodies,
  - for high risk of bleeding,
  - for respiratory insufficiency.

Frequently used diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in addition to complex liver transplantation are

• Liver biopsy
• Endoscopic visualization of the bile/pancreatic ducts (ERCP)
• percutaneous visualization of the bile ducts with placement of a biliary drainage (PTCD)
• Various endoscopic examination and treatment procedures, e.g. with sclerotherapy or ligation of oesophageal varices
• Percutaneous endoscopic placement of a gastrostomy (PEG)
• visualization of large vessels with intervention using catheters
• Magnetic resonance therapy (e.g. MRI, Sellink or MRCP)

The admission of an accompanying person for medical reasons (costs covered by health insurance) is possible up to the child's 9th birthday. Accommodation will be provided at the Hotel Mercure. Please understand that there are only limited sleeping facilities available for you in the patient rooms (guest couch).

Further offers / services of the ward

• A psychosocial team to provide you with advice and support before, during and after the transplantation
• Disease-related play therapy for patients before and after a liver transplant with the aim of coping with the disease in the best possible way
• Nutritional counseling and therapy
• The parent folder: When you come for a liver transplant evaluation, you will receive this departmental folder entitled "Hello liver..." for your personal use. Here you will find all the information about the treatment team, examination procedures, clinical pictures, medication, social law and much more.
• Free use of the TV sets financed by the Parents' Association in every patient room
• Free W-LAN
• Information on the "Billy Rubin" support association and theassociation "leberkrankes Kind e.V."

You arrive with your child for a planned inpatient admission

You enter the MHH Children's Hospital through the main entrance (building K10) and report to the porter, who will direct you to the admission area. To get to the ward, walk past the Pediatric Emergency Department to level H. Ward 61a is on the left.

Please report to the nursing staff at the nursing support point (ward room).

To help you find your way around, you will receive a flyer with important telephone numbers and detailed information about everyday life on the ward when you are admitted.

In order to avoid contact with childhood diseases for our immunocompromised patients, visiting children under the age of 14 are only admitted to the ward by prior arrangement.