title: Effect of hyoscine butylbromide first stage of labour in multiparus women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prolonged labor is one of the most important risk factors for perinatal compromise and, if caused by obstructed labor, it carries the risk of uterine rupture, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), puerperal sepsis, and maternal death.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether or not hyoscine butylbromide shortens the stages of labor, without an increase in maternal or neonatal complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  In single-blinded randomized clinical trial study, 188 multiparas women in active phase of labor who were admitted to Shahid Sadoughi Hospital from October 2006 to April 2007 in Yazd - Iran, were evaluated. They were divided hyoscine group (n = 94) received 20mg (1ml) of hyoscine and control group (n = 94) received 1 ml of normal saline was given as placebo, intravenously. The effects of hyoscine in shortening labor time; and neonatal Apgar score was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Duration of the first (mean± SD: 186.8 ± 125.6 minutes vs. 260.4 ± 120.9 minutes, p= 0.00 1) and second stage of labor (mean± SD: 20.0 ± 8.1minutes vs. 25.8 ± 9.4 minutes, p= 0.03) was shorter in hyoscine group. Frequency of cesarean section and mean of neonatal Apgar score at minutes of one and 5 were not different in both groups. No serious adverse events were seen in the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Injection of hyoscine in active phase of labor can be effective in shortening of labor without any adverse effect on mother and fetus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. sekhavat@ssu.ac.ir
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sekhavat
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Karbasi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fallah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirowliai
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D001034:Apgar Score; D002086:Butylscopolammonium Bromide / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran; D007747:Labor Stage, First / Q000187:drug effects*; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods; D008423:Maternal Age; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010276:Parasympatholytics; D002086:Butylscopolammonium Bromide
keywords: Hyoscine butylbromide; Second stage of labor; cervical dilatation; first stage of labor