Illness	Number of cases
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	229
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	111
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	83
Acute bronchitis - Acute bronchitis unspecified (J20.9)	81
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	54
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01)	49
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	46
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Respiratory failure unspecified with hypoxia (J96.91)	38
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)	35
Heart failure (I50.01)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.065
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	505
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	376
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	358
Measurement of the air remaining in the lungs after normal expiration, using the helium dilution method (1-713)	340
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	335
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	306
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	263
Investigation of the activity of the heart and lungs during sleep (1-791)	232
(9-984.7)	200

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0800

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

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
70	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*
57	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
44	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 universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. April oder 1. September
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. April
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. März und 1. September