Illness	Number of cases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	100
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	95
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	62
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	60
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	53
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	46
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)	44
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.12)	44
Volume depletion (E86)	41
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.01)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.044
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	574
(9-984.8)	332
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	310
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	280
(9-984.7)	247
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	191
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	160
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	151
(9-984.9)	144

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100 , 3601

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.	Explanation
CQ06

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

Number	Group
74	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*
74	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
74	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das AKH Viersen ist Lehrkrankenhaus der Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen einen Praxisplatz für die Ausbildung zum/zur ATA zur Verfügung.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen Praxisplätze für die Ausbildung zum/zur OTA zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Die Kurse starten im März und im September. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen GmbH.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ab 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen.