Illness	Number of cases
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	557
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	465
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	360
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	299
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)	262
Bronchiectasis (J47)	255
(J84.10)	205
Cystic fibrosis with other manifestations (E84.80)	203
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	174
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.81)	91

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	2.370
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	2.315
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.685
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	1.589
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.523
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	1.160
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	1.153
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)	1.136
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	898
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	804

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

Teilnahme am DMP seit 2006

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
58	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*
53	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
53	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
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Alle Abteilungen der Ruhrlandklinik nehmen an nationalen und internationalen Phase I/II-Studien teil (siehe auch Studienregister im Internet: www.drks.de und www.clinicaltrials.gov).
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Alle Abteilungen der Ruhrlandklinik nehmen an nationalen und internationalen Phase III/IV-Studien teil (siehe auch Studienregister im Internet: www.drks.de und www.clinicaltrials.gov).
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Dr. med. M. Schuler/ Prof. Dr. med. C. Taube/ Prof. Dr. med. K. Darwiche/ PD Dr. med. W. Eberhardt / Prof. Dr. med. C. Schöbel
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Verschiedene Abteilungen unserer Klinik arbeiten national und international mit anderen Hochschulen und Universitäten zusammen.
Doctoral supervision	Wird in allen Abteilungen geleistet.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Medizinische Fakultäten Universität Duisburg-Essen, Otto von Gericke Universität Magdeburg. Der Direktor der Abteilungen Pneumologie vertritt sein Fach in Klinik, Forschung und Lehre am Universitätsklinikum Essen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Alle Abteilungen beteiligen sich an der Studierendenausbildung. (im Rahmen von Famulaturen und Praktischem Jahr)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Alle Abteilungen initiieren uni-/ multizentrische klinisch-wissenschaftliche Studien.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Die Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit dem Bildungszentrum der UME.
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	Seit 01.08.2022 Ausbildung zur MFA (Medizinische Fachangestellte)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Universitätsmedizin Essen