Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Hyoscine-N-Butyl Bromide (Buscopan) Causing Uterine Hypercontractility Following An Abruption
Publication details
Mr David D’Souza, MB, ChB (Birm), MRCOG, Dr Oliver Meller-Herbert, BSc(Hons), MSc, MB ChB, Victoria Hough, BSc (hons), MSc, PhD, MBChB, DRCOG
Foundation Years Journal, volume 8, issue 7, p.12 (123Doc Education, London, July 2014)
Abstract
Uterine hyperstimulation is a potentially serious complication of labour induction, but may also occur as a side-effect of other medications not used for this purpose. We present a case of uterine hyperstimulation as a proposed consequence of Hyoscine-N-Butyl Bromide (Buscopan) use for ureteric colic in a 32-year-old pregnant patient.
Access the Clinical Cases Database
A subscription is required to read the full article. Please subscribe using one of the options below.
| Product | Price | Subscription | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Years Clinical Cases Database | £29.00 | 6 months | |
| Foundation Years Clinical Cases Database | £39.00 | 12 months |
Authors
Mr David D’Souza, MB, ChB (Birm), MRCOG
Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
South Warwickshire Foundation Trust,
Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW
david.d'souza@swft.nhs.uk
Dr Oliver Meller-Herbert, BSc(Hons), MSc, MB ChB
Foundation Year 1 Doctor,
Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals
ollymel@yahoo.com
Victoria Hough, BSc (hons), MSc, PhD, MBChB, DRCOG
GP Registrar, City Walls Medical Centre, St Martins Way, Chester, CH1 2NR
victoriahough@nhs.net
References
1. Tytgat GN. Hyoscine butylbromide - a review on its parenteral use in acute abdominal spasm and as an aid in abdominal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Curr Med Res Opin 2008, 24(11): 3159-73.
2. Tytgat GN. Hyoscine butylbromide: a review of its use in the treatment of abdominal cramping and pain. Drugs 2007, 67(9): 1343-57.
3. Mueller-Lissner S, Tytgat GN, Paulo LG, et al. Placebo- and paracetamol-controlled study on the efficacy and tolerability of hyoscine butylbromide in the treatment of patients with recurrent crampy abdominal pain. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006, 23(12): 1741-8.
4. Baracho HMK & Kunalhekar JL. Buscopan in acceleration of labor. J Obstet Gynecol Ind 1984, 35: 509-512.
5. Qahtani NH & Hajeri FA. The effect of hyoscine butylbromide in shortening the first stage of labor: A double blind, randomized, controlled, clinical trial. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2011, 7: 495-500.
6. Samuels LA, Christie L, Roberts-Gittens B, Fletcher H, Frederick J. The effect of hyoscine butylbromide on the first stage of labour in term pregnancies. BJOG 2007, 114(12): 1542-6.
Disclaimers
Conflict Of Interest
The Journal requires that authors disclose any potential conflict of interest that they may have. This is clearly stated in the Journal’s published “Guidelines for Authors”. The Journal follows the Guidelines against Conflict of Interest published in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf).
Financial Statement
The authors of this article have not been paid. The Journal is financed by subscriptions and advertising. The Journal does not receive money from any other sources. The decision to accept or refuse this article for publication was free from financial considerations and was solely the responsibility of the Editorial Panel and Editor-in-Chief.
Patient Consent statement
All pictures and investigations shown in this article are shown with the patients’ consent. We require Authors to maintain patients’ anonymity and to obtain consent to report investigations and pictures involving human subjects when anonymity may be compromised. The Journal follows the Guidelines of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf). The Journal requires in its Guidelines for Authors a statement from Authors that “the subject gave informed consent”.
Animal & Human Rights
When reporting experiments on human subjects, the Journal requires authors to indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the HelsinkiDeclaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.
About the Clinical Cases Database
The Foundation Years Clinical Cases Database is a selection of 600 peer-reviewed clinical cases in the field of patient safety and clinical practice, specifically focused on the clinical information needs of junior doctors, based around the Foundation Year Curriculum programme (MMC). The cases have been chosen to align with the Foundation Year Curriculum.
The database is fully searchable, or can be browsed by medical specialty. Abstracts can be read free of charge, however a subscription is required in order to read the complete cases.