Robert Werdehausen

Contact information
Robert Werdehausen, M.D. - Resident in Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Düsseldorf Building 12.42, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany Section of Experimental Anesthesiology, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf Building 23.02.01.R64, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * Departmental adress:
 * Laboratory adress (preferred mail adress):
 * Email: [mailto:robert.werdehausen@uni-duesseldorf.derobert.werdehausen@uni-duesseldorf.de]
 * Phone: +49 211 81-13991
 * Fax: +49 211 81-13954

Research interests

 * Effects of sympathetic block induced by regional anesthesia (clinical investigations)
 * New techniques in regional anesthesia (clinical investigations)
 * Mechanisms of neuronal and non-neuronal apoptosis induced by local and general anesthetics (experimental investigations)

Publications

 * Skin temperature after interscalene brachial plexus blockade. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):481-7. PMID: 18035293 Pubmed abstract
 * Stimulating catheter as a tool to evaluate peripheral nerve function during hip rotationplasty. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):528-32. PMID: 18035301 Pubmed abstract
 * Lidocain induces apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway independently of death receptor signaling. Anesthesiology. 2007 Jul;107(1):136-143. PMID: 17585225 Pubmed abstract
 * Does interscalene catheter placement with stimulating catheters improve postoperative pain or functional outcome after shoulder surgery? A prospective, randomized and double-blinded trial. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2007 Feb;104(2):442-7. PMID: 17242107 Pubmed abstract
 * Uniform distribution of skin-temperature increase after different regional-anesthesia techniques of the lower extremity. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2007 Jan-Feb;32(1):73-8. PMID: 17196496 Pubmed abstract, PDF
 * Sedation during spinal anaesthesia in infants. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006 Sep;97(3):380-4. Epub 2006 Jul 1. PMID: 16816395 Pubmed abstract
 * Skin temperature during regional anesthesia of the lower extremity. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2006 Apr;102(4):1247-51. PMID: 16551932 Pubmed abstract, full text / letters

Memberships

 * International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
 * International Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA)
 * International Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
 * German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI)
 * Subcommittee on Young Scientists (DGAI)
 * Selected mentee of the Mentoring Program for Junior Investigators (DGAI)

Awards

 * 2nd price at the scientific presentation competition (German Anesthesiology Congress 2006)
 * 3rd price at the scientific poster presentation (European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA) congress 2007)