Our services at a glance

This includes acute infectious illnesses in children and adolescents such as colds, febrile infections or gastrointestinal illnesses. We treat these illnesses in our daily infection consultation hours in order to separate infectious and non-infectious patients.

The infection consultation takes place:
- Monday from 11 am and from 4 pm
- Tuesday and Thursday from 4 pm
- Wednesday and Friday from 11 am

When making an appointment via Doctolib.de, please select "acute infection" in the appointment type if your child may have an infectious disease. Please note that masks are compulsory in the infection consultation hours.

However, wound care or examinations, e.g. due to injuries, burns or after accidents, often require a rapid medical assessment. When making an appointment at Doctolib.de, please select "other acute complaints" as the appointment type.

Of course, you can present your child for acute treatment at short notice at any time. If possible, please always make an appointment at Doctolib.de to keep waiting times as short as possible. If no suitable appointment is available here, please contact us by telephone.

We offer all screenings from the check-up U2 a few days after birth to the check-up J2 shortly before the transition to adult medicine. The aim of the screenings is to prevent developmental problems in the physical, mental, social and psychological areas or at least to recognise them at an early stage so that they can be treated accordingly. We would like to take a lot of time for this, as we see preventive care as a central element of our paediatric work alongside acute care.

Your child will undergo a thorough physical examination as part of the preventive check-ups.

Depending on the screening, the planned developmental, visual and hearing tests will be carried out. We will also talk to you and your children about general age-appropriate issues and, of course, any individual problems you would like to discuss with us.

You are free to choose your doctor for check-ups, consultations and other planned examinations. Please let us know your wishes when you make your appointment. U2 to U9 and J1 are covered by all health insurance companies. U10, U11 and J2 are not covered by some health insurance companies. It is best to ask your health insurance provider if you are unsure.

You can find more information on the individual screening programmes at:
https://www.kinderaerzte-im-netz.de/vorsorge/

Treatment of minor wounds and burns, pre- and post-operative care including anaesthesia tests.

Vaccinations are one of the most successful medical achievements ever. As paediatricians, we advise you and your entire family. Of course, we can also vaccinate the whole family, including parents and grandparents.

Vaccinations are usually also possible with a mild cold or cold, as long as there is no fever. If you are unsure, we will examine your child before the vaccination and discuss whether a vaccination is feasible.

We also regularly offer separate vaccination consultations on Saturdays - especially at the start of the flu season. Look out for the relevant information on our homepage.

In addition to the standard vaccinations recommended by the 'STIKO', there are a large number of other effective vaccinations, e.g. when travelling. We offer comprehensive advice on vaccinations and disease prevention such as mosquito protection, taking into account the specific conditions of the planned country you are travelling to.

As a certified yellow fever vaccination centre, we can administer and document the yellow fever vaccination in accordance with internationally recognised criteria.

We carry out allergological diagnostics, e.g. skin prick tests or serological blood tests, as well as therapy in form of subcutaneous hyposensitisation.

CRP (inflammatory protein in the blood), urine tests using test strips and smears for streptococcus A and Covid19/RSV/influenza* are immediately available in the practice as an acute laboratory.

For more extensive diagnostics such as blood tests, bacterial smears, stool or urine diagnostics, we work together with a large diagnostics laboratory in Cologne.

Measuring without pricking - In the case of newborn jaundice, we measure the value of bilirubin (yellow blood pigment) through the skin, quickly and painlessly*.

In the case of respiratory infections, we can determine the oxygen saturation in the blood non-invasively using a pulse oximeter on the finger or foot.

Visual impairment (amblyopia) in children can be treated more effectively the earlier it is recognised. This is why we offer amblyopia screening as part of preventive medical check-ups on request. All it takes is for the child to take a quick look at the screening device, so that this can be done without any problems even in infants as young as 6 months. Many health insurance companies cover the costs for this as part of selective contracts.

We carry out hearing and vision tests as well as speech development tests that are part of the preventive medical check-ups. Therefore we have a separate testing room in order to create a pleasant atmosphere.

According to the STIKO recommendation from summer 2024, all children born from 01.04.2024 can or should receive a passive immunization with the active substance Nirsevimab (Beyfortus®) before their first winter. Nirsevimab is injected once into the thigh muscle, like other vaccinations, and can easily be administered at the same time with other vaccinations.
For logistical reasons, we are unable to offer separate appointments for the administration of nirsevimab, but will recommend this to you at your child's next visit (check-up, vaccination, etc.) and administer it if necessary and available. 
We can currently only offer Nirsevimab to children born before 01.04.2024 as a self-payer service due to uncertainties regarding cost coverage from the health insurances. Please check with your health insurance provider in advance.
For privately insured patients and self-pay patients, we are not yet able to provide Nirsevimab in our practice. Therefore we ask you to pick up a prescription from us, obtain Nirsevimab from your trusted pharmacy in advance and bring it to the appointment for vaccination. Please note that the cold chain must be maintained and Nirsevimab must not be shaken.

Further information:
https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/FAQ/Impfen/RSV-Prophylaxe/FAQ_Liste_gesamt.html?nn=2375548

https://www.impfen-info.de/impfempfehlungen/fuer-kinder-0-12-jahre/rsv-prophylaxe/ 

Sonography (ultrasound) is a painless and radiation-free imaging diagnostic procedure that can be used in a broad spectrum: we use sonography to examine kidneys, abdomen and hip joints (e.g. for screening at U3).

Nephrology (kidney medicine) is a speciality of our practice. We treat children with congenital malformations of the kidneys and urinary tract, with recurrent urinary tract infections, as well as blood (microhaematuria) or protein (proteinuria) in the urine.

Please bring the completed questionnaires with you to your appointment (e.g. microhaematuria questionnaire). You can find these under Information → To the forms.

You are welcome to send us any previous external findings (laboratory values, doctor's letters, ultrasound findings, etc.) in advance. Please remember to bring a referral from your paediatrician if you are not already affiliated with our practice.

On request, we can perform an ultrasound of the kidneys in addition to the hip screening at the U3.*