Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	144
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	129
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	104
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	91
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	82
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	45
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	38
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.9)	37
(J84.10)	35
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.0)	32

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	3.352
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	2.165
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	842
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	702
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	606
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	576
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	531
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	309
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the respiratory tract by endoscopy (1-430.30)	279
Examination of the space between the lungs and ribs by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-844)	162

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0193

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ02
CQ03
CQ25
CQ27

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
216	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
29	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
28	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Informatik (PLRI) Institut für Industriebau und konstruktives Entwerfen (IIKE)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover und dem Friederikenstift Hannover.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Der duale Studiengang "Angewandte Pflegewissenschaft im Praxisverbund" wird angeboten
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)