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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. SIADH
Imatinib
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Demeclocycline - lithium
All - trans retinoic acid

2. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Heparin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
SSRIs (first - line)

3. Stable angina
Buspirone
Methicillin/naficillin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Corticosteroids - infliximab

5. Chronic gout
Smoking cessation
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Heparin

6. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Trastuzumab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Benzodiazepines

7. Toxoplasma gondii
High - dose steroids
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
5- ASA - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine

8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Amantadine/rimantadine

9. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

10. Chlamydia trachomatis
SSRIs
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

11. Hypertriglyceridemia
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fibrate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

12. Crohn's disease
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

13. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
Aromatase inhibitor
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

14. Sporothrix schenckii
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Oral KI
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

15. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
All - trans retinoic acid
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Vancomycin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

17. Anxiety
IFN- a
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
High - dose steroids
Buspirone

18. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Smoking cessation
Imatinib
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Amantadine/rimantadine

19. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

20. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Beta- interferon
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ethosuximide

21. Sickle cell anemia
Buspirone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

22. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Heparin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Demeclocycline - lithium

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Folate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vitamin D supplementation

24. Streptococcus bovis
IFN- a
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Flutamide

25. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
B12
SSRIs (first - line)
D2 receptor antagonists
Flutamide

26. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

27. UTI prophylaxis
Imatinib
Flutamide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX

28. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ganciclovir
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Heparin

29. Warfarin toxicity
Dantrolene
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Aromatase inhibitor

30. Acute gout attack
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
NSAIDs - colchicine

31. Clostridium tetani
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

32. Pulmonary hypertension
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Octreotide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bosentan

33. Ulcerative colitis
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

34. Clostridium botulinum
Trastuzumab
Erythromycin
Antitoxin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

35. Malaria
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Warfarin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

36. Ringworm infections
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs

37. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Sublingual nitroglycerin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Warfarin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

38. Cystic fibrosis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Erythromycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Trastuzumab

39. Carcinoid syndrome
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
B12
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide

40. Alcohol abuse
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Folate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

41. Neural tube defect prevention
Flutamide
Folate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride

42. Absence seizures
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Buspirone
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole

43. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Mifepristone
B12
SSRIs (first - line)

44. Trichomonas vaginalis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Dantrolene
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

45. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin

46. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
IFN- a
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

47. Medical abortion
Vitamin D supplementation
Mifepristone
Flutamide
Fluids - insulin - K+

48. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Erythromycin

49. Enterococci
Dantrolene
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

50. Cryptococcus neoformans
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)