Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	357
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	183
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	155
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	141
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	89
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01)	88
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)	73
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	56
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	52
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.01)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.250
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	929
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	857
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	798
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	763
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	437
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	427
(9-984.7)	360
Quantitative analysis of specific values such as organ function or blood flow rate (3-993)	335
(9-984.8)	237

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

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
37	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*
26	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
20	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Naturheilkunde
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Radiologie, Naturheilkunde
Doctoral supervision	Radiologie
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Naturheilkunde;Radiologie
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie;Pneumologie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Radiologie,
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie;Pneumologie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Neue Bezeichnung: Pflegefachassistenz
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)