Stephan Malherbe

Overview: Investigator with the Pediatric Anesthesia Research Team at the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, BC Children's Hospital.
Publications: Improved patient safety with a simplified operating room to pediatric intensive care unit handover tool (PATHQS)
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subramonian, D. and Krahn, G. and Wlodarczak, J. and Lamb, L. and Malherbe, S. and Skarsgard, E. and Patel, M.
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1327381
2024
Self-reported clinical practice and attitudes about cricoid pressure: an online survey of Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society members
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Pang, S. and Badenhorst, C. and West, N. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02575-3
2023
Drug mixtures and infusion technology
Anaesthesia
Allison, E. and Malherbe, S. and Barker, N.
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15694
2022
Association of dexmedetomidine with recovery room and hospital discharge times: A retrospective cohort analysis
Pediatric Anesthesia
Nicholas West and Matthias Görges and Andrew Poznikoff and Simon Whyte and Stephan Malherbe
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14257
11/2021
Mixing of propofol and remifentanil
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Malherbe, S. and Barker, N.
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14137
2021
Caudal and Intravenous Anesthesia Without Airway Instrumentation for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in Infants: A Case Series
A&A practice
Krishnan, P. and Whyte, S.D. and Baird, R. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001251
2020
Environmentally sustainable perioperative medicine: simple strategies for anesthetic practice,La médecine périopératoire durable: quelques stratégies simples pour la pratique de l’anesthésie
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Petre, M.-A. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-020-01726-0
2020
Greenhouse gases: the choice of volatile anesthetic does matter
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Alexander, R. and Poznikoff, A. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-017-1006-x
2018
Changes in cardiac index and blood pressure on positioning children prone for scoliosis surgery
Anaesthesia
Brown, Z.E. and Görges, M. and Cooke, E. and Malherbe, S. and Dumont, G.A. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12310
2013
Usability and performance characteristics of the pediatric air-Q® intubating laryngeal airway
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Whyte, S.D. and Cooke, E. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-9918-6
2013
Cranial conjoined twins: Surgical and anesthetic challenges for a routine procedure: Adenoidectomy and examination of ears
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Kozak, F.K. and Fandiño, M. and Carpes, L.F. and Peiris, K. and Malherbe, S. and Purdy, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.12.019
2011
The effect of age on the dose of remifentanil for tracheal intubation in infants and children
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Hume-Smith, H. and McCormack, J. and Montgomery, C. and Brant, R. and Malherbe, S. and Mehta, D. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03190.x
2010
Total intravenous anesthesia and spontaneous ventilation for foreign body removal in children: How much drug?
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Malherbe, S. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181f5ba04
2010
Total intravenous anesthesia and spontaneous respiration for airway endoscopy in children - A prospective evaluation
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Malherbe, S. and Whyte, S. and Singh, P. and Amari, E. and King, A. and Mark Ansermino, J.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03290.x
2010
Applications of ultrasound in paediatric anaesthesia
Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care
McCormack, J.G. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2008.09.004
2008
Low-dose ketamine does not reduce morphine use after spine surgery
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
Ban Tsui and Alese Wagner and Stephan Malherbe and J. Mahood and M. Moreau
DOI: 10.1007/bf03019987
06/2007
Age and spontaneous respiration with remifentanil
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
J. Mark Ansermino and Nigel Barker and Joanne Lim and E. Amari and S. Malherbe
DOI: 10.1007/bf03019907
06/2007
Relationship between age and spontaneous ventilation during intravenous anesthesia in children
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Barker, N. and Lim, J. and Amari, E. and Malherbe, S. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02301.x
2007
Intravenous nalbuphine 50 µg·kg-1 is ineffective for opioid-induced pruritus in pediatrics
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Nakatsuka, N. and Minogue, S.C. and Lim, J. and Montgomery, C.J. and Court, C.A. and Malherbe, S. and Csanyi-Fritz, Y. and Kearney, R.A. and Phillips, L. and Reid, K. and Kingsley, J. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022878
2006
Placebo equal to nalbuphine for pruritus in pediatrics
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
Nao Nakatsuka and Sean C Minogue and Joanne Lim and Carolyne J Montgomery and Colleen A Court and J Mark Ansermino and Stephan Malherbe and Yvonne Csanyi-Fritz and Ramona A Kearney and Leeann Phillips and Kathy Reid
DOI: 10.1007/bf03023185
06/2005
Reversal of an unintentional spinal anesthetic by cerebrospinal lavage [10] (multiple letters)
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Singh, B. and Papneja, C. and Datt, V. and Tsui, B.C.H. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000145314.57012.2A
2005
The Incidence of Laryngospasm with a "No Touch" Extubation Technique after Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Tsui, B.C.H. and Wagner, A. and Cave, D. and Elliott, C. and El-Hakim, H. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000097185.70171.89
2004
Inadvertent cervical epidural catheter placement via the caudal route using electrical stimulation
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Tsui, B.C.H. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000120082.85977.F7
2004
Argatroban as Anticoagulant in Cardiopulmonary Bypass in an Infant and Attempted Reversal with Recombinant Activated Factor VII
Anesthesiology
Malherbe, S. and Tsui, B.C.H. and Stobart, K. and Koller, J.
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200402000-00038
2004
Reversal of an Unintentional Spinal Anesthetic by Cerebrospinal Lavage
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Tsui, B.C.H. and Malherbe, S. and Koller, J. and Aronyk, K.
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000095152.81728.DC
2004
Intravenous ketamine infusion as an adjuvant to morphine in a 2-year-old with severe cancer pain from metastatic neuroblastoma
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Tsui, B.C.H. and Davies, D. and Desai, S. and Malherbe, S.
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000140656.96085.2c
2004
Nebulization of Lidocaine with Varied Oxygen Flow Rates
Anesthesia & Analgesia
Ban Ch. Tsui and Stephan Malherbe
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000074540.87625.5f
07/2003
Nebulization of lidocaine with varied oxygen flow rates [16]
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Tsui, B.Ch. and Malherbe, S.
2003

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