Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	374
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10.2)	306
Heart failure (I50.01)	89
Sleep disorders (G47.38)	62
Volume depletion (E86)	60
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	50
Essential primary hypertension (I10.91)	44
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	43
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	41
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	36

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	863
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	379
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	332
(9-984.7)	304
(9-984.8)	258
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.0)	247
Detoxification treatment for addiction (8-985.1)	238
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	216
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	204
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	185

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

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
28	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*
20	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
8	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	Prof. Dr. Christiane Szliska 8, Prof. hon. Dr. Stephan El Gammal 8, Bochum (8)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Strukturierte Facharztweiterbildung
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Teilnahme an multizentrischen Phase-II/IV Studien über Studienzentrum Diakonie Klinikum

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Diakonie in Südwestfalen Pflegebildungszentrum Virchowstraße 13 57074 Siegen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Uniklinik Gießen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Lüdenscheid