Introduction:

spinal anesthesia is one of the fundamental tools in anesthesiological practice. There is little evidence of the results of intrathecal use of meperidine.

Objective:

to describe the efficacy of spinal anesthesia with intrathecal meperidine.

Methods:

observational, descriptive and transversal study at the Martín Chang Puga General Teaching Hospital, Nuevitas municipality, Camagüey province, between January and December 2021. The sample consisted of 60 patients who underwent spinal anesthesia with meperidine.

Results:

the sample was predominantly female (58,3 %) and aged between 30 and 39 years (38,3 %). Most of the patients had an ASA II classification (58,3 %), and the most frequent operative diagnosis was salpinguectomy partial bilateral (28,3 %). The mean latency time was 5,4 minutes, while the mean muscle tone recovery time was 101,7 minutes. Most patients had high block intensity, while the most frequent complication was pruritus (45,0 %).

Conclusions:

latency and muscle tone recovery times were relatively short, while the intensity of the block was high in all cases. Most patients presented mild complications, pain was absent in most cases, and there was a high degree of satisfaction with the treatment, so it can be affirmed that intrathecal meperidine spinal anesthesia is highly effective.

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