Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	367
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	216
Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)	177
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)	132
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	125
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	105
Viral pneumonia not elsewhere classified (J12.8)	105
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	99
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.0)	92
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	92

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	2.090
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	2.066
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	1.133
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	955
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	890
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	790
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	749
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)	741
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	644
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	506

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 0800 , 0114 , 3601 , 0103 , 1400 , 0300

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
CQ05	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org
CQ27
CQ28

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

Number	Group
92	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*
77	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
58	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Die Chefärzt:innen verschiedener Kliniken, sowie die Berufsgruppe der Pflegenden haben Dozenturen und Lehrbeauftragungen an Hochschulen und Universitäten.
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Dozenturen und Lehrbeauftragungen an Hochschulen haben Mitarbeitende der verschiedenen Berufsgruppen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das FNK als Lehrkrankenhaus der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf bietet angehenden Ärzt:innen in den verschiedenen Phasen des klinischen Studienabschnittes eine praxisnahe und lehrreiche Ausbildung.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Eine Vielzahl unserer Kliniken arbeitet projektbezogen mit Hochschulen wie auch Universitäten zusammen.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Eine Studienteilnahme erfolgt durch die Onkologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Eine Studienteilnahme erfolgt durch eine Vielzahl unserer Kliniken.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Es erfolgen Publikationen und Beiträge in Lehrbüchern durch den ärztlichen Dienst sowie durch die Pflegeexperten APN des Florence-Nightingale-Krankenhaus.
Doctoral supervision	Viele unserer Chefärzt:innen übernehmen die Betreuung von Doktoranden.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Pflegefachassistenten (PfA) werden in unseren Pflegeschulen in Düsseldorf, Krefeld und Mülheim an der Ruhr ausgebildet.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Schule für operative Fachberufe. Ebenfalls ist eine Ausbildung zum/r Chirurgisch technischen Assistenten/in (CTA) möglich.
HB11	Podiatrist (m/f)	Schule für Podologie.
HB16	Dietician (m/f)	In der Schule für Diätassistenz in Ratingen.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In der Schule für operative Fachberufe.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Pflegefachfrauen und Pflegefachmänner werden in unseren Pflegeschulen in Düsseldorf, Krefeld und Mülheim an der Ruhr ausgebildet.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Die Fliedner Fachhochschule bietet die Möglichkeit einer Doppelqualifikation zum/r Pflegefachmann/ Pflegefachfrau mit gleichzeitigem Erwerb des akademischen Grades Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Fliedner Fachhochschule