Illness	Number of cases
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight not elsewhere classified (P07.12)	241
Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period - Respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)	110
Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes - Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes (P59.8)	108
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight not elsewhere classified (P07.3)	99
Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases - Other specified congenital infectious and parasitic diseases (P37.8)	81
Other infections specific to the perinatal period - Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period (P39.8)	58
Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period (P28.8)	54
Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites (J06.8)	46
Feeding problems of newborn - Slow feeding of newborn (P92.2)	46
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight not elsewhere classified (P07.11)	30

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
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)	809
Measurement of brain waves triggered by targeted stimuli (evoked potentials) (1-208.8)	719
Treatment by specific positioning of the patient in bed, e.g. positioning in a sling table or special bed (8-390.1)	647
Care of a new-born baby after birth (9-262.1)	546
Administration of medicines or salt solutions through the blood vessels in newborn babies (8-010.3)	362
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	329
Use of natural or artificial light for therapeutic purposes - light therapy (8-560.2)	301
Mechanical ventilation of newborn babies and infants (8-711.00)	286
Keeping the respiratory tract open by means of a tube through the mouth or nose (8-700.1)	228
Mechanical ventilation of newborn babies and infants (8-711.40)	178

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1200

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

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Beitritt am 02.12.2005, Abteilung Innere Medizin III (Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ03	Enge Kooperation mit Thoraxklinik Heidelberg
CQ02
CQ04
CQ05
CQ08
CQ24
CQ25
CQ29

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

Number	Group
815	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*
534	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
464	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Hebamme B. Sc.: Das UKHD hat 45 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Ludwigshafen: Duales Studium Hebammenwissenschaft \| Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen (hwg-lu.de)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	65 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Barbara Suppé
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer und Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin: 15 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	30 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Susanne Janknecht
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	60 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Hildegard Hack
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Stephanie Biedenstein
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB14	Orthoptist (m/f)	12 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Birgit Wahl
HB19	Nursing professionals	415 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Das UKHD hat 10 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen: https://www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/pflege-studieren