Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	79
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	56
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	54
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	28
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	24
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	23
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe bronchus or lung (C34.2)	15
3 Pneumothorax (J93.8)	12
Mesothelioma - Mesothelioma of pleura (C45.0)	11
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)	11

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	315
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	170
Surgical removal of the pleura (5-344.40)	142
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	130
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	102
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	101
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	101
Examination of the chest or mediastinum by endoscopy (1-691.0)	89
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	88
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	79

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2000

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.	Explanation
CQ25
CQ28
CQ01

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

Number	Group
106	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*
74	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
74	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen von Forschungsprojekten
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Duale Studiengänge und Master-Studiengänge werden angeboten.
Doctoral supervision
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	In der Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, in der Innere Medizin III - Kardiologie und Rhythmologie und in der Innere Medizin IV - Hämatologie und Onkologie
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Herausgabe von eigenen Lehrbüchern

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Im Verbund mit 9 weiteren Krankenhäusern wird die Cellitinnen-Akademie Louise von Marillac als kath. Bildungsstätte für Berufe im Gesundheitswesen mit Ausbildungsplätzen für 140 Pflegefachfrauen/-männern im Jahr und 50 Pflegefachassistenten im Jahr.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Hochschule Fresenius
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit dem Rettungsdienst der Stadt Köln
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)