Hydrocephalus in aSAH
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Diagnosis and management of hydrocephalus in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
IRAS ID
254887
Contact name
Hiren Patel
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 31 days
Research summary
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is bleeding on the surface of the brain and affects up to 6000, often young people in the United Kingdom each year. The most common cause is a burst of a bulge on a blood vessel wall within the brain (known as an aneurysm; aSAH).
Hydrocephalus is a build-up of the fluid which bathes the brain (cerebrospinal fluid; CSF). This is a potentially life-threatening complication of aSAH and it is important that it is identified and treated quickly.This project will examine how doctors identify hydrocephalus on a brain imaging and assess their decision making process for how the condition is treated.
No new patients will be recruited to this study. The neurosurgical team at Salford Royal will review existing clinical records for patients under their care since 2009. The results of the project may lead to further studies which aim to develop a tool to predict which patients may develop hydrocephalus after aSAH and recommend how it should be treated.REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/WM/0348
Date of REC Opinion
4 Dec 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion