Illness	Number of cases
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	226
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)	220
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	165
Pulmonary embolism (I26.9)	150
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	127
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	123
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	116
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	95
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	82
(J45.95)	73

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	3.082
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	2.788
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	2.699
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	2.272
(9-984.8)	571
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	544
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	530
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	525
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)	498
(9-984.7)	414

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1400

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

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ03
CQ25
CQ30
CQ27
CQ31

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

Number	Group
237	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*
137	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.