Illness	Number of cases
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (J96.10)	356
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	324
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	108
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	52
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	43
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)	41
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	41
Other interstitial pulmonary diseases (J84.1)	38
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.81)	34
Obesity - Excessive obesity with alveolar hypoventilation - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50 (E66.26)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.367
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.014
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	947
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	803
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	624
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.1)	398
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	359
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	350
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	330
(9-984.7)	318

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

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
11	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*
11	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
11	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
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
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities