Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	181
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	151
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (J96.00)	78
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	73
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)	57
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	54
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	48
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	47
Abnormalities of breathing (R06.0)	42
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	37

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	833
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	698
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	637
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	421
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	365
Standard screening examination of elderly people (1-771)	312
(9-984.7)	312
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	281
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	272
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)	204

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1400

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 participation

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

Number	Group
74	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*
58	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
55	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Universität Heidelberg: PD Dr. med. Elsing, Universität Düsseldorf: PD Dr. med. Gross-Weege, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: Prof. Dr. med. Haeseler, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität: PD Dr. med. Baums
Doctoral supervision	Universität Heidelberg: PD Dr. med. Elsing, Universität Düsseldorf: PD Dr. med. Gross-Weege, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: Prof. Dr. med. Haeseler Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität: PD Dr. med. Baums
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Zertifizierter Ausbilder der Initiative AGA-Studenten: PD Dr. med. Baums
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Universität Heidelberg: PD Dr. med. Elsing, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: Prof. Dr. med. Haeseler, KKRN GmbH in Zusammenarbeit mit der medizinischen Hochschule Hannover: Prof. Dr. med. Haeseler, Multizentrische Studien mit den Fachgesellschaften ESSKA, ISAKOS und AGA: PD Dr. med. Baums
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Dr. med. Haeseler, PD Dr. med. Gross-Weege, PD Dr. med. Elsing, PD Dr. med. Baums
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	St. Elisabeth Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheitsberufe GmbH, Hülskampsweg 1-3, 46282 Dorsten, Tel: 02362 29-515502, E-Mail: dorsten.bildungsinstitut@kkrn.de
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)