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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
All - trans retinoic acid

2. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Folate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- ASA - infliximab

3. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluids - insulin - K+

4. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

5. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid
Benzodiazepines
Protamine sulfate

6. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin
Vancomycin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide

8. Chronic hepatitis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
5- ASA - infliximab
Smoking cessation
IFN- a

9. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
SSRIs (first - line)
B12
SSRIs

10. Anorexia
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs
Vancomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

11. Acute gout attack
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
NSAIDs - colchicine

12. Diabetes insipidus
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Oral metronidazole
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Imatinib

13. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Erythromycin

14. Alcohol withdrawal
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

15. Malignant hyperthermia
Erythromycin
Dantrolene
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin

16. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
SSRIs
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

17. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
B12
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

18. UTI prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sildenafil

19. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Smoking cessation
SSRIs
Tamsulosin - finasteride

20. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Imatinib
IFN- a
Flutamide

21. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

22. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Sildenafil
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs

23. Patent ductus arteriosus
Dantrolene
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Indomethacin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

24. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
IFN- a

25. Cryptococcus neoformans
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Demeclocycline - lithium

26. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
B12
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium

27. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Antitoxin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs

28. Sickle cell anemia
IFN- a
Statin (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
B12

29. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

30. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral KI
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

31. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Benzodiazepines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral metronidazole
Aromatase inhibitor

32. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral KI
Oral metronidazole
Heparin

33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Spironolactone
Octreotide

34. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Amantadine/rimantadine
Trastuzumab
Protamine sulfate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

35. Depression
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs

36. Hypertriglyceridemia
TMP- SMX
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bosentan
Fibrate

37. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral metronidazole
Indomethacin
Warfarin

38. Streptococcus pyogenes
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamoxifen
Bosentan
Penicillin prophylaxis

39. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

40. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Folate
Benzodiazepines
Bosentan

41. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Antitoxin
Benzodiazepines

42. Streptococcus bovis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

43. Folate deficiency
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Benzodiazepines
Folate
NSAIDs - colchicine

44. Pulmonary hypertension
High - dose steroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bosentan
IFN- a

45. Malaria
B12
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Warfarin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

46. Erectile dysfunction
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin
Sildenafil
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

47. Prostate carcinoma
Octreotide
Flutamide
High - dose steroids
Penicillin prophylaxis

48. Migraine
Sumatriptan
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

49. Stable angina
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

50. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamoxifen
Methicillin/naficillin