Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	468
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	220
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	172
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	140
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	137
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	127
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.0)	120
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	109
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)	100
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.8)	93

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.985
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	1.104
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.082
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	882
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	695
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	552
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	504
(9-984.7)	479
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.1)	375
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	358

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Department key

Department key: 0800

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

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
88	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*
79	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
79	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
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals