FILtration of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Via SpinaL CAtheteR Extension

Exclusion Criteria

• •Pregnancy
• •Patients with a SAH due to mycotic aneurysm or AV malformation
• •Patients who present with an acute MI or unstable angina
• •Imaging demonstrates supratentorial mass lesions \> or = 15 cc
• •Imaging demonstrates \> or = 2 mm of mid-line-shift associated with infarction and or edema
• •Effacement of the basilar cisterns
• •Vasospasm on admission as defined by angiographic evidence
• •Patients with a coagulopathy that cannot be reversed
• •Thrombocytopenia def. platelet count \< 100,000
• •Patients on low molecular weight heparin such as Lovenox
• •Non-communicating Obstructive hydrocephalus
• •Existing hardware that prevents accurate CT imaging
• •Pre-existing Lumbar Drain
• •Local skin infections or eruptions over the puncture site
• •Signs of CNS systemic infection, sepsis or pneumonia