title: Airway protection with the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway in a child.
abstract: We describe a case where a size 2 ProSeal laryngeal mask airway successfully channelled regurgitated fluid away from the respiratory tract in a 5-year-old child following an inguinal hernia repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brimacombe
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Goedecke
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lirk
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000517:prevention & control*