Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	79
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	51
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	48
3 Pneumothorax (J93.1)	36
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	35
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	34
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	13
Mesothelioma - Mesothelioma of pleura (C45.0)	12
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)	12
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe bronchus or lung (C34.2)	9

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.2)	82
Surgical removal of lung tissue, without taking the anatomical divisions of the lungs into account (5-322.g1)	66
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.b)	66
Surgical removal of the pleura (5-344.40)	56
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.1)	54
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	49
Surgical removal of one or two lobes of the lung (5-324.71)	47
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	35
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	34
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the mediastinum and other organs in the chest through a surgical incision (1-581.4)	30

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2000

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ07
CQ31
CQ25
CQ27

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

Number	Group
120	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*
104	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
95	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Uni Münster: Prof. Wenk, PD Dr. Liersch, PD Dr. Debus, Prof. Weßling, PD Dr. Schiedel, PD Dr. Kriz, Prof. Brokinkel, Dr. Schäfer, PD. Dr. Peitz; HHU: Prof. Feindt; UH: Frau Prof. Schick; RUB: Prof. Oldenburg; MHH: Prof. Hoffmann; OVGU: PD. Dr. Peitz
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Radiologie; Thoraxchirurgie; Anästhesie; Neurochirurgie; Notfallmedizin
Doctoral supervision	Doktorandenbetreuung wird durch alle Hochschullehrer des Krankenhauses gewährleistet.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Radiologie; Pneumologie; Hämatoonkologie
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	EUFA Rheine & Köln: Dr. Herda; FH Düsseldorf: Dr. Saadat-Gilani
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Pneumologie; Kardiologie; Hämatoonkologie; Gastroenterologie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Pädiatrie: Uni Münster; Pneumologie: Uni Münster; Kardiologie: UKM, HDZ-NRW, Uni Regensburg, Thomas Jefferson University; Anästhesie: UKM, UK Würzburg; Neurochirurgie: UKM, Universität Kopenhagen; Radiologie: UK Leipzig; Gynäkologie: UKM; Senologie: UKM; GAS: Uni Magdeburg; Notfallmedizin: UKM
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen und PJ sind in allen Kliniken möglich: Lehrvisiten, „Bedside-Teaching“, Röntgen- und Fallbesprechungen, thematisch vielfältige Fortbildungsveranstaltungen, praktische Kurse, Erfahrungen in der Notaufnahme und auf der Intensivstation, Teilnahme an unserem Fort- und Weiterbildungsangebot
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Oldenburg; PD Dr. Kriz; Frau Prof. Schick; PD Dr. Peitz; Dr. Schäfer

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Angebot des praktischen Einsatzes im Bereich der Ausbildung
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildungsstelle
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Einjährige Ausbildung zur Pflegefachassistenz
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsstelle
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Angebot des praktischen Einsatzes im Bereich der Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit dem UKM, Nils-Stensen-Bildungszentrum, ZAB Gütersloh, Hamm-Heesen, Franziskus-Stiftung
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	in Kooperation mit der FH Münster
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Ausbildungsstelle
HB19	Nursing professionals	Zentralschule für Gesundheitsberufe
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Der Einsatz im Kreißsaal für die praktische Ausbildungsphase zur Hebamme bzw. zum Entbindungspfleger findet in Kooperation mit enstprechenden Hochschulen statt.