Thursday, February 7, 2013

"Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke"
NEJM Feb 6
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1213701?query=featured_home
"The results of this trial in patients with acute ischemic stroke indicate that endovascular therapy is not superior to standard treatment with intravenous t-PA.
(Funded by the Italian Medicines Agency, ClinicalTrials.gov number, 
NCT00640367.)"

"Effect of Corticosteroid Injection, Physiotherapy, or Both on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia"  
JAMA Feb 6
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1568252
"
Conclusion and Relevance 
Among patients with chronic unilateral lateral epicondylalgia, the use of corticosteroid injection vs placebo injection resulted in worse clinical outcomes after 1 year, and physiotherapy did not result in any significant differences."

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