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

ABSTRACT

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