Petrus Paulus Steyn, MBChB

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Director, Special Cardiac Care Services, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-906-6315
Education:
MBChB (Medicine and Surgery)
University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2007.
Permanent linkMBChB (Medicine and Surgery)
University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2007.
Selected Publications
John Fiadjoe, Ron Litman, Annery Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, Fabina Padiyath, Petrus P Steyn: Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia. Textbook. Dean B. Andropoulos, George A. Gregory (eds.). Wiley, 7(Chapter 16), November 2025.Alexander A, Steyn PP: Controlled Hypotension. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Question of the Week, https://pedsanesthesia.org/questions-of-the-week/ May 2023.
O'Brien E, Isserman R, Steyn P: Pyloric Stenosis and Airway Management with Piere Robin Sequence: The Devil You Know, or The Devil you don't. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Tampa, FL 2022 Notes: Moderated Poster Presentation.
Gurnaney HG, Fiadjoe JE, Ganesh A, O'Brien E, Steyn PP: Chapter 70: When Should Regional Anesthesia Be Used in Pediatric Patients, Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology. Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology. Fleischer LA (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA,(4), 466-477, 2021.
Steyn PP: Question of the Month. Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine; https://www.pedspainmedicine.org/ January 2020.
Steyn PP, Derham J: Chapter 17: General Anesthesia. BASICS Essentials: A Comprehensive Review for the Anesthesiology BASIC Exam. Patel AM, Bhatt HV, Kim SJ (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Page: 83-91, 2019.
Feinstein D, Livelsberg J, Steyn PP, Bhambani S: Complex Case - Management Strategies for Safe Anesthesia in Delivery for a Parturient with Achondroplasia Pennsylvania Resident Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Abdallah R, Steyn PP, Kamel I: Chapter 211: Factors Influencing the Perception of Pain in Pregnancy PAIN: A Review Guide. Abd-Elsayed A (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, Page: 989-992, 2019.
Feinstein D, Livelsberg J, Steyn PP: Complex Case: Management Strategies for Safe Anesthesia in Delivery of Twins in Parturient with Morbid Obesity and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension American Society of Anesthesiology Conference, San Francisco, CA 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Steyn PP, Feinstein D, Kamel I: Mechanisms, Characteristic, Benefits, Consequences and Management of Labor Pain. PAIN: A Review Guide, Chapter 213. Abd-Elsayed A (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, Page: 997-1001, 2019.