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Volume 2 Issue 3 (July-September, 2014)

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Comparison of hyoscine butyl bromide and drotaverine in pregnancy
Pawan Aggarwal, Shalini Aggarwal

Background: Both the obstetrician and the laboring woman would like to accomplish the delivery in the shortest possible time without compromising the maternal and fetal safety. The present study compared hyoscine butylbromide and drotaverine. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 86 pregnant females. They were divided into 2 groups. The women in group I were injected drotaverine 40mg and in group II were injected one ampoule of hyoscine butylbromide (hyoscine butylbr) - 20 mg. Average dilatation, average dilatation at injection, average Bishop’s score was measured. Results: Average gestation age in group I patients was 280.2 days and I group II was 282.3 days, average dilatation < 5cm was 3.5 in group I and 3.4 in group II, average dilatation >5cm was 5.7 in group I and 6.1 in group II, average dilatation at injection (cm) was 4.16 in group I and 4.17 in group II, average Bishop’s score < 10 was 8.12 in group I and 8.14 in group II, average Bishop’s score >10 was 10.3 in group I and 10.1 in group II. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found both agents equally effective as an antispasmodic in first stage of labour. Key words: Anesthesia, hyoscine butylbromide, labour.

 
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