Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	303
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	181
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	113
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	106
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	70
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	66
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)	66
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.01)	57
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01)	57
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	976
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	780
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	721
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	663
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	620
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	394
(9-984.7)	330
Quantitative analysis of specific values such as organ function or blood flow rate (3-993)	277
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	273
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	241

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0800

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
42	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*
27	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
25	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
Doctoral supervision	Radiologie
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Radiologie, Naturheilkunde
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Naturheilkunde;Radiologie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie;Pneumologie
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Naturheilkunde
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie;Pneumologie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Radiologie,
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Geriatrie;Naturheilkunde;Radiologie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Die praktischen Einsätze im Rahmen der Ausbildung können an den Kliniken Essen-Mitte absolviert werden.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Neue Bezeichnung: Pflegefachassistenz
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
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
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Die praktischen Einsätze im Rahmen der Ausbildung können an den Kliniken Essen-Mitte absolviert werden.