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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamsulosin - finasteride

2. Treponema pallidum
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin
SSRIs

3. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Buspirone
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

4. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists

5. ADHD
5- ASA - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Amantadine/rimantadine

6. Neisseria meningitidis
Fibrate
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs (first - line)
5- ASA - infliximab

7. B12 deficiency
B12
All - trans retinoic acid
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

8. Anxiety
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

9. Warfarin toxicity
5- ASA - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
All - trans retinoic acid
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

10. UTI prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
TMP- SMX
B12

11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. Ulcerative colitis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- ASA - infliximab
Ethosuximide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

13. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
IFN- a

14. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- ASA - infliximab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

15. Sporothrix schenckii
Heparin
Oral KI
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon

16. Wegener's granulomatosis
Flutamide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

17. Streptococcus bovis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

18. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Aromatase inhibitor
Sildenafil
Statin (first - line)

19. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Smoking cessation
Imatinib
Folate
Fluids - insulin - K+

20. Staphylococcus aureus
Flutamide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methicillin/naficillin
Indomethacin

21. Absence seizures
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ethosuximide
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

22. Cytomegalovirus
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ganciclovir
Sumatriptan

23. Depression
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

24. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Flutamide
Spironolactone

25. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Statin (first - line)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

26. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Folate
Imatinib
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

27. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Protamine sulfate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Imatinib

28. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Fibrate
Bosentan
B12

29. Cryptococcus neoformans
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs

30. Erectile dysfunction
Ganciclovir
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Mifepristone
Sildenafil

31. Rickettsia rickettsii
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide

32. Multiple sclerosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Sumatriptan
Beta- interferon
Ganciclovir

33. Bulimia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
SSRIs
Oral KI
IFN- a

34. Buerger's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Smoking cessation
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

35. Anorexia
Dantrolene
SSRIs
Bosentan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

36. Patent ductus arteriosus
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Indomethacin

37. Clostridium difficile
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral metronidazole

38. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Buspirone
Aromatase inhibitor

39. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab
Bosentan

40. Influenza
Indomethacin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tamoxifen

41. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Erythromycin
Ethosuximide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Mifepristone

42. Diabetes insipidus
Aromatase inhibitor
5- ASA - infliximab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

43. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

44. Prostate carcinoma
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sildenafil
Ethosuximide
Flutamide

45. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

46. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Imatinib
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

47. Carcinoid syndrome
Aromatase inhibitor
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Smoking cessation
Octreotide

48. Cystic fibrosis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

49. Infertility
Antitoxin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

50. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Corticosteroids - infliximab
IFN- a
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside