Illness	Number of cases
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.9)	93
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)	48
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	48
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	43
Pulmonary embolism (I26.9)	42
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	29
Pulmonary embolism (I26.0)	29
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	28
Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (J13)	28
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (J96.10)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	2.153
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.252
(1-717.1)	800
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	371
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	200
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	150
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	123
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the respiratory tract by endoscopy (1-430.10)	84
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	84
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.1x)	83

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0108

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ03
CQ01
CQ02
CQ05
CQ08

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

Number	Group
657	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*
45	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
26	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	134 Universitätsprofessuren (W1, W2, W3) 187 apl-Professoren 215 Privatdozenten 61 Lehrbeauftragte
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Humanmedizin: 2112 Studierende Übrige Studiengänge: 778 Studierende
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Es existiert eine Vielzahl von Kooperationen zwischen den verschiedenen Lehrstühlen der Fakultät und in- und ausländischen Hochschulen und Universitäten. Die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute sind auf unserer Homepage unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Dazu wird auf die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute verwiesen, die unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden sind.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Professoren der Medizinischen Fakultät fungierten bei rund 60 wissenschaftlichen Journalen als Herausgeber bzw. Mitherausgeber (z. B. Nervenarzt, Nephrology etc.).
Doctoral supervision	Verpflichtende Betreuungsvereinbarung seit 2010, die mindestens ein Jahr vor Abgabe der Promotion vorliegen muss und in der die Rechte und Pflichten von Betreuer und Doktorand klar geregelt sind.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Schule für Physiotherapie Tel: +49 241 80 88039 Fax:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: physiotherapie-schule@ukaachen.de
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Schule für Logopädie Tel.:+49 241 80 89967 Fax.:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: logopaedie@ukaachen.de
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 88094 E-Mail: eschoenen@ukaachen.de
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 85988 E-Mail: mwiertz@ukaachen.de Tel.:+49 241 80 35955 E-Mail: ioffenhaeusser@ukaachen.de
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft an der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen University und der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Tel.: 0241 80-85211 hebammenstudiengang@ukaachen.de
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de