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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malignant hyperthermia
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dantrolene

2. Infertility
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Warfarin

3. Carcinoid syndrome
D2 receptor antagonists
Ethosuximide
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium

4. Neisseria meningitidis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
B12
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan

5. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ethosuximide
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Oral KI

6. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sildenafil
Vitamin D supplementation
Indomethacin

7. Cystic fibrosis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fibrate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

8. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Antitoxin

9. Anorexia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Smoking cessation
SSRIs
Indomethacin

10. Alcohol withdrawal
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Benzodiazepines
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Aromatase inhibitor

11. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
TMP- SMX
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Erythromycin

12. Hemorrhagic cystitis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
High - dose steroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

13. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Beta- interferon
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

14. Streptococcus pneumoniae
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

15. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sildenafil

16. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
SSRIs
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

17. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis

18. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Smoking cessation
Antitoxin
Trastuzumab
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

19. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Buspirone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis

20. Malaria
Amantadine/rimantadine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Ganciclovir
Trastuzumab

21. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Indomethacin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

22. ADHD
Sildenafil
Corticosteroids - infliximab
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

23. Clostridium botulinum
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin
Vitamin D supplementation
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

24. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Demeclocycline - lithium

25. Immediate anticoagulation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin

26. Prostate carcinoma
Folate
Smoking cessation
Flutamide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

27. Folate deficiency
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Folate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

28. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

29. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Tamoxifen
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Stable angina
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists
Oral KI
Sublingual nitroglycerin

31. Multiple sclerosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Beta- interferon
Protamine sulfate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

32. B12 deficiency
Imatinib
B12
Oral KI
Flutamide

33. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
D2 receptor antagonists

34. Clostridium difficile
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Oral metronidazole
High - dose steroids
Penicillin

35. Influenza
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Beta- interferon
Amantadine/rimantadine

36. Trichomonas vaginalis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
IFN- a
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

37. Long - term anticoagulation
TMP- SMX
NSAIDs - colchicine
Warfarin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

38. Warfarin toxicity
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

39. Buerger's disease
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral KI

41. Candida albicans
Amantadine/rimantadine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

42. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
5- ASA - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sildenafil

43. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

44. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Dantrolene
Folate
Bosentan

45. Erectile dysfunction
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Sildenafil
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

46. Tonic - clonic seizures
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Tamoxifen
Demeclocycline - lithium
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

47. Pheochromocytoma
Folate
NSAIDs - colchicine
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs (first - line)

48. Wegener's granulomatosis
Folate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX

49. Toxoplasma gondii
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

50. Legionella pneumophila
IFN- a
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Erythromycin