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Airway protection with the ProSeal TM laryngeal mask airway in a child
Author(s) -
KELLER CHRISTIAN,
BRIMACOMBE JOSEPH,
GOEDECKE ACHIM,
LIRK PHILIPP
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01361.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , airway , respiratory tract , inguinal hernia , laryngeal masks , airway management , larynx , anesthesia , respiratory system , surgery , hernia
Summary We describe a case where a size 2 ProSeal TM laryngeal mask airway successfully channelled regurgitated fluid away from the respiratory tract in a 5‐year‐old child following an inguinal hernia repair.