Illness	Number of cases
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)	157
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	120
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	106
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	96
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	64
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	63
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	55
(J84.10)	55
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	53
Other respiratory disorders - Other disorders of lung (J98.4)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.812
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.671
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.528
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	1.040
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	360
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	350
(9-984.7)	301
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	272
(9-984.8)	267
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	264

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Department key

Department key: 1400

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
71	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*
14	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
14	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies