Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	52
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	35
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	34
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	27
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	24
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	23
Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes - Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of intrathoracic lymph nodes (C77.1)	11
Benign neoplasm of middle ear and respiratory system (D14.3)	10
3 Pneumothorax (J93.1)	10
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe bronchus or lung (C34.2)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	341
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	108
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	77
Surgical removal of the pleura (5-344.40)	75
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.1)	70
Treatment by lavage of the lung or the cavity between the lung and ribs (8-173.10)	57
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	54
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.01)	54
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.b)	49
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	49

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1520

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

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
188	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*
128	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
92	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Anästhesie; Chirurgie; Gastroenterologie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Psychiatrie; Radiologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Naturheilkunde.internistische hämatologische Onkologie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Anästhesie; Chirurgie; Thoraxchirurgie, Gastroenterologie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Onkologie; Psychiatrie; Radiologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Urologie;
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Anästhesie; Chirurgie; Thoraxchirurgie;Senologie/ Brustzentrum;Gastroenterologie;Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; internistisch hämatologische Onkologie; Psychiatrie; Radiologie; Urologie;Naturheilkunde
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Gastroenterologie; Geriatrie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Naturheilkunde; Onkologie; ; Radiologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum;Naturheilkunde; internistische hämatlologische Onkologie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Gastroenterologie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Onkologie; Radiologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Naturheilkunde; internistische hämatologische Onkologie
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Anästhesie; Gastroenterologie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Urologie; Naturheilkunde
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Anästhesie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Chirurgie; Thoraxchirurgie; Gastroenterologie; Geriatrie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; Naturheilkunde; internistische hämatologische Onkologie; Psychiatrie; Radiologie
Doctoral supervision	Anästhesie; Chirurgie; Gynäkologie & Gynäkologische Onkologie; internistisch hämatologische Onkologie; Psychiatrie; Radiologie; Senologie/Brustzentrum; Urologie; Naturheilkunde

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Weitere Ausbildungen zu den Bereichen Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r und Zahnmedizinische/r Fachangestellte/r werden in unserer Einrichtung angeboten.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Praktische Studienphase der schulischern Ausbildung zum Ergotherapeuten/ In erfolgt in den evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Zusätzlich zu dem hier aufgelisteten Ausbildungsangebot bieten die Kliniken Essen-Mitte folgende Ausbildungen an: Fachinformatiker/in für Systemintegration, Kaufmann/-frau im Gesundheitswesen, Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktische Studienphase der schulischern Ausbildung zum Physiotherpeuten / In erfolgt in den evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die KEM Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte bilden im eigenen Zentrum mit 163 Ausbildungsplätzen, im Rahmen der generalisierten Pflegeausbildung, Pflegefachfrauen/ -fachmänner aus. Seit 2018 sind wir „Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Pflege“.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Neue Berufsbezeichnung: Pflegefachassistenz