Illness	Number of cases
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria (J15.8)	41
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	39
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	37
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	34
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	26
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	20
Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites - Acute upper respiratory infection unspecified (J06.9)	20
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.01)	18
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	17
Acute bronchitis - Acute bronchitis unspecified (J20.9)	16

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	206
(9-984.8)	145
(9-984.7)	119
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	104
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	97
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	95
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	95
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	90
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	78
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)	72

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
62	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*
55	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
53	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Psychiatrie: Universitätsklinik Köln und Witten/Herdecke
Doctoral supervision	Regelmäßige Betreuung in allen Fachabteilungen
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das große Spektrum der Diagnostik- und Therapieeinrichtungen unseres Hauses garantiert eine intensive und umfassende Ausbildung während des Praktischen Jahres. Eine gute interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit aller am Haus etablierten Fachabteilungen ist Grundlage für die klinisch orientierte Ausbildung.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Im Zusammenarbeit mit der Rheinischen Feuerwehr werden Notfallsanitäter ausgebildet.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Bildungsstätte für Pflege Rhein-Berg, Dauer: 3 Jahre, Beginn jeweils am 1. Oktober und 1. April, Die Ausbildung endet mit einer staatlichen Prüfung. Abschluss: Pflegefachfrau, Pflegefachmann
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit einer Fachschule.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit einer Vertragespraxis für Physiotherapie (Firma Plümpe)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)