ANALGESIA SUBARACNOIDEA CON MEPERIDINA EN LA CIRUGíA GINECOLÓGICA DE PACIENTES CON HIPERTENSIÓN ARTERIAL / Subarachnoid analgesia with meperidine in gynecologic surgery of patients with hypertension

Abstract

Introduction and Objectives: Spinal analgesia is abasic mainstay in gynecologic surgery. The objective ofthis research was to determine the usefulness of meperidineas an analgesic agent via the subarachnoid space. Method: A prospective and inferential studywas performed in 20 hypertensive patients who were scheduled for elective gynecological surgery, and whowere divided into two groups of 10 patients. The group-M received spinal anesthesia with meperidine 1 mg / kgand group-B patients received hyperbaric bupivacaine0.1 mg / kg. An analysis of the postoperative analgesiatime and of the incidence of side effects was made. Results: In patients who were administered meperidine,postoperative analgesia was significantly higher;numerical incidence of side effects was no different,nausea predominated in both groups, followed by pruritus with the use of meperidine and shivering with bupivacaine.Conclusions: Meperidine proved useful as an analgesic agent in hypertensive patients who underwent gynecological surgery.

Keywords

• anesthesia and analgesia
• meperidine
• bupivacaine
• surgery
• gynecology
• hypertension