Overview
The primary goal of this study is to assess the occurrence of flushing interventions to address occlusions during the treatment of interventricular hemorrhage (spontaneous primary IVH or secondary IVH due to ruptured aneurysm).
Description
Potential study candidates will be screened for inclusion and exclusion criteria after informed consent has been provided by the Legally Acceptable Representative and/or the study candidate.
Once enrolled in the study, data will be collected from those subjects with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), interventricular hemorrhage, or hydrocephalic shunt infections as a result of the use of the EVD catheter.
Pre-insertion and peri-removal CT scans and neurological assessment data will also be collected.
Data will be collected for subjects beginning from the time of hospital admission through discharge and followed by the 30 Day and 90 Day Follow up Visits.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject and/or legally authorized representative has reviewed the IRB- approved consent form, has been properly consented per the protocol and has documented their consent to participate in the study by signing the IRB-approved consent form.
- Subject is ≥ 18 years of age at the time of consent.
- Subjects with intraventricular hemorrhage (spontaneous primary IVH or secondary IVH due to ruptured aneurysm) who have had CerebroFlo™ EVD Catheter(s) placed without complication.
- Subjects who require only one EVD Catheter at initial admission
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with a scalp infection present.
- Subjects with uncorrectable coagulopathy due to prior administration of anticoagulants at the time the CerebroFlo™ EVD Catheter(s) is placed.
- Subjects known to have a bleeding diathesis.
- Subjects in which the CerebroFlo™ EVD Catheter(s) is placed directly into a hematoma
- Evidence of catheter-associated hemorrhage from insertion of the CerebroFlo EVD Catheter(s) on post-placement CT scan.
- Subject is pregnant