Illness	Number of cases
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	71
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	52
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	49
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	49
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	38
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	35
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	34
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)	31
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	31
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	347
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	326
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	307
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	279
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	237
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	231
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	165
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.0)	154
(9-984.7)	152
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	135

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ28

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

Number	Group
112	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*
85	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
85	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
Doctoral supervision	Die Betreuung findet in mehreren Kliniken des Hauses statt
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Universität Witten Herdecke Universität Düsseldorf
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Teilnahme durch mehrere Kliniken des Hauses
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Teilnahme durch mehrere Kliniken des Hauses
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur und praktisches Jahr Universität Düsseldorf
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	1. Universität Würzburg 2. Universität Essen 3. Universität Heidelberg 4. Universität Tübingen 5. Universität Regensburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Vor Ort: Zentrale Praxisanleitung und Ausbildungsbegleiter
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit dem Ev. Krankenhaus Oberhausen. Vor Ort: Zentrale Praxisanleitung und Ausbildungsbegleiter
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)