Airway protection with the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway.
The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway is a new laryngeal mask device that has a modified cuff and a drainage tube. We describe a case where the ProSeal laryngeal mask successfully channelled regurgitated fluid away from the respiratory tract.
Brimacombe
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University of Queensland, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland.
Keller
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D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000517:prevention & control