Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	798
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	592
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	527
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	368
Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)	312
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	307
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01)	161
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	134
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	122
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	119

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	2.336
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	2.058
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.314
Investigation of the activity of the heart and lungs during sleep (1-791)	1.237
(9-984.7)	905
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	739
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	702
(9-984.8)	689
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	667
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	639

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.	Explanation
CQ01	Alle erforderlichen Kriterien sind vom medizinischen Dienst geprüft und bestätigt worden.
CQ27	Das Verfahren wird entsprechend umgesetzt und ist in der Prüfung als bestanden bewertet worden.

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

Number	Group
144	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
31	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

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Kl Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie Kl Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Kl Gastroenterologie Kl Kardiologie Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Urologie Kl Pneumologie Kl Palliativmedizin Kl Nephrologie Kl Gynäkologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Alle Kliniken beteiligen sich an der Studenten*innenausbildung.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Kl Kardiologie Kl Pneumologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie Kl Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie Kl Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Kl Urologie Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Gynäkologie Kl Nephrologie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Pneumologie Kl Urologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie Kl Nephrologie Kl Gynäkologie
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Kl Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Kl Gastroenterologie Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Urologie Kl Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie Kl Pneumologie Kl Nephrologie Kl Thorax-Gefäßchirurgie Kl Gynäkologie
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Pneumologie Kl Nephrologie Kl Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Kl Urologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Kl Pneumologie Kl Kardiologie Kl Urologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie
Doctoral supervision	Kl Kardiologie Kl Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie Kl Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Kl Urologie Kl Thorax - Gefäßchirurgie Kl Pneumologie Kl Hämatologie und Onkologie Kl Gastroenterologie Kl Nephrologie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. Im Rahmen des Studienganges Physiotherapie B. Sc. stehen Ausbildungsplätze in Kooperation mit der HAWK Hildesheim zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/physiotherapie
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/operationstechnische-assistenz
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/anaesthesietechnische-assistenz
HB19	Nursing professionals	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/pflegefachfrau/pflegefachmann
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung, in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Hannover. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/pflegefachfrau/pflegefachmann