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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone

2. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

3. Anxiety
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Buspirone
Vancomycin
Octreotide

4. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Protamine sulfate

5. Ringworm infections
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Folate

6. Crohn's disease
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
5- ASA - infliximab
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fibrate

7. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Flutamide

8. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluids - insulin - K+

9. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Heparin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Smoking cessation

10. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sumatriptan
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
B12
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

11. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mifepristone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

12. Multiple sclerosis
Ethosuximide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Beta- interferon
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

13. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Oral KI
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Spironolactone
Aromatase inhibitor

14. Staphylococcus aureus
TMP- SMX
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

15. Prostate carcinoma
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Flutamide
Demeclocycline - lithium

16. Rickettsia rickettsii
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Heparin
Sumatriptan

17. Hypertriglyceridemia
Mifepristone
SSRIs (first - line)
B12
Fibrate

18. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

19. Hypercholesterolemia
Octreotide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Statin (first - line)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

20. Infertility
SSRIs
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Indomethacin

21. MRSA
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vancomycin
Oral KI
IFN- a

22. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Imatinib
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

23. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Heparin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Statin (first - line)

24. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

25. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamoxifen

26. Legionella pneumophila
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Erythromycin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

27. Clostridium botulinum
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ganciclovir
Fibrate
Antitoxin

28. Treponema pallidum
IFN- a
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin

29. Diabetes insipidus
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tamsulosin - finasteride

30. Medical abortion
Penicillin
Mifepristone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

31. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

32. Toxoplasma gondii
Heparin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

33. Temporal arteritis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
High - dose steroids

34. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Bosentan
Buspirone
SSRIs (first - line)

35. Pheochromocytoma
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Tamoxifen

36. Buerger's disease
Oral KI
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Smoking cessation

37. Patent ductus arteriosus
Heparin
Indomethacin
Heparin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

38. B12 deficiency
B12
Benzodiazepines
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

39. Bulimia
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs
All - trans retinoic acid

40. Chronic hepatitis
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene
SSRIs
IFN- a

41. Ulcerative colitis
Fibrate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mifepristone
5- ASA - infliximab

42. Chlamydia trachomatis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Octreotide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

43. Streptococcus bovis
All - trans retinoic acid
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin prophylaxis

44. Trichomonas vaginalis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Dantrolene
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

45. Neural tube defect prevention
Smoking cessation
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Folate

46. Tonic - clonic seizures
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

47. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs (first - line)

48. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Buspirone
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Imatinib

49. Long - term anticoagulation
Smoking cessation
Ethosuximide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Warfarin

50. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sublingual nitroglycerin