Interleukin-6 in the Development of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in Newborn

Inclusion Criteria: * both genders (Males and females), term infants (above 37 gestational weeks), and born from ladies who have meconium-stained amniotic fluid. Exclusion Criteria: * Infants born to mothers suspected of having chorioamnionitis (leukocytosis, fever, early membrane rupture (above 18 hours), foul-smelling discharge, tachycardia in the mother or fetus, as well as a positive blood culture), * those without parental consent, * those with severe perinatal asphyxia (Stage two or three of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy findings according to Sarnat (6)), * those with severe chorioamnionitis, * those withcongenital abdominal malformations,