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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Cytomegalovirus
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ganciclovir

2. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Bosentan
Beta- interferon
Fluids - insulin - K+
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

3. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
D2 receptor antagonists
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

4. Osteomalacia/rickets
Oral metronidazole
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vitamin D supplementation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

5. Sickle cell anemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

6. Streptococcus pyogenes
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fibrate
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis

7. Cystic fibrosis
Tamoxifen
Vancomycin
High - dose steroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

8. Candida albicans
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Erythromycin
SSRIs

9. Alcohol withdrawal
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fibrate
Benzodiazepines
Trastuzumab

10. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Heparin
Smoking cessation
Sildenafil

11. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Trastuzumab
Methicillin/naficillin

12. Temporal arteritis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
High - dose steroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Statin (first - line)

13. Cryptococcus neoformans
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab
D2 receptor antagonists
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

14. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ganciclovir
D2 receptor antagonists

15. Malignant hyperthermia
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Dantrolene
Fluids - insulin - K+

16. Ulcerative colitis
Mifepristone
5- ASA - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

17. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ethosuximide

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Dantrolene
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Aromatase inhibitor

19. Crohn's disease
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate

20. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Octreotide
Indomethacin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

21. Pheochromocytoma
Erythromycin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Indomethacin

22. Stable angina
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate
Buspirone

23. Long - term anticoagulation
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Warfarin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

24. Chronic hepatitis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
IFN- a
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

25. Chronic gout
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Methicillin/naficillin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

26. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
Mifepristone
Sildenafil

27. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Sumatriptan
Penicillin
Protamine sulfate
Tamoxifen

28. Sporothrix schenckii
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Flutamide
SSRIs
Oral KI

29. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

30. Bipolar disorder
Oral KI
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dantrolene
Erythromycin

31. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide
Sumatriptan
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

32. Folate deficiency
Tamoxifen
Folate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

33. Ringworm infections
Demeclocycline - lithium
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

34. Rickettsia rickettsii
Folate
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

35. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Statin (first - line)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

36. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Protamine sulfate
IFN- a
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

37. Carcinoid syndrome
Vancomycin
Octreotide
B12
All - trans retinoic acid

38. Prolactinoma
Bosentan
SSRIs (first - line)
Mifepristone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

39. Tonic - clonic seizures
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Heparin

40. Immediate anticoagulation
Vancomycin
Beta- interferon
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

41. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Oral metronidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

42. Staphylococcus aureus
Erythromycin
Methicillin/naficillin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

43. Medical abortion
Dantrolene
Mifepristone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
All - trans retinoic acid

44. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

45. Patent ductus arteriosus
Spironolactone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin
Erythromycin

46. Hemorrhagic cystitis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene

47. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Smoking cessation

48. B12 deficiency
Trastuzumab
D2 receptor antagonists
B12
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

49. Pulmonary hypertension
Tamoxifen
Bosentan
Fluids - insulin - K+
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

50. Anorexia
SSRIs
Folate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluids - insulin - K+