effect of hyoscine-N-butylbromide [buscopan] on the cervix during the first stage of labor [a randomized trial]

To investigate the effect of Buscopan on the cervix during the first stage of labor. Prospective, randomized, controlled study, performed at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 90 patients included, 60 study cases and 30 control. The case study received 20 mg of Buscopan while control received 2 mls of saline. Data about each patients and progress of labor were collected and analyzed using either t-test or X2 test. None of the variables we study were statistically significant except the duration of the first stage of labor and the duration from administration of medication to full dilatation of the cervix, with P value of 0.004 and 0.002. Buscopan has an effect on the cervix and could help in accelerating first stage of labor

Serum zinc level of healthy individuals living in western province of Saudi Arabia

To establish a normal serum zinc level range of healthy individuals at different age group living in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. A prospective, cross section study of 276 healthy subjects, 138 males and 138 females was done. Their ages ranged from 1 month to seventy years. They were divided into nine groups according to the Recommended Dietary Allowances Classification for both sexes. Sample were collected and zinc level determined using method of Parker. Serum zinc level were found to be different at different age group, the highest were found to be at earliest stages of life and at the age of 15 - 50 years for both sexes. The serum zinc level range of all ages were found to be [0.50 - 13.90 umol/L] which is lower than the international established standard [7.65 - 22.95 umol/L]