Contraindication for bag and mask ventilation among the following is:: (A) Meconium aspiration, (B) Tracheo esophageal fistula, (C) Congenital lung cyst, (D) Birth asphyxia
Answer is A. Ans: a (Meconium aspiration) Ref: O.P. Ghai, ed, p. 141"Bag and mask ventilation is contraindicated in suspected or confirmed diaphragmatic hernia, in non vigorous babies bom through meconium stained liquor, bag and mask ventilation is done only after tracheal suctioning."