Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	109
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	91
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	77
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	61
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	56
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	54
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	47
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)	39
Volume depletion (E86)	33
Acute bronchitis - Acute bronchitis unspecified (J20.9)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	874
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	463
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	405
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	396
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	284
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	275
Measurement of the air remaining in the lungs after normal expiration, using the helium dilution method (1-713)	262
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	253
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	218
Investigation of the activity of the heart and lungs during sleep (1-791)	214

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

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
71	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*
57	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
50	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 universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. April und 1. September
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. April oder 1. September
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich am 1. April