Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	290
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	149
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)	95
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	91
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	76
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	70
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	65
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	54
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	51
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	44

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.152
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	678
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	648
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	621
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	567
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	417
(9-984.8)	364
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	281
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.0)	275
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)	262

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

Non-bedded 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.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ27
CQ28
CQ31

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

Number	Group
65	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*
40	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
40	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)