Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	35
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)	34
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	22
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	14
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	13
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	10
Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs (S27.1)	9
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	8
Benign neoplasm of middle ear and respiratory system (D14.3)	6
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.8)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	141
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	132
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	74
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)	71
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	59
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	55
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	52
(9-984.7)	45
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.0)	42
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	40

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1520 , 2091 , 2036 , 2092 , 2000 , 2090

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ25
CQ07
CQ03

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

Number	Group
161	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*
161	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
161	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
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)