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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Temporal arteritis
Fibrate
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin
High - dose steroids

2. Clostridium botulinum
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate

3. Cystic fibrosis
NSAIDs - colchicine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

4. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Antitoxin
TMP- SMX
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

5. Stable angina
Heparin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin

6. Malaria
Aromatase inhibitor
Beta- interferon
Vancomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

7. Treponema pallidum
Dantrolene
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

8. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX
Sublingual nitroglycerin

9. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

10. Legionella pneumophila
Demeclocycline - lithium
Erythromycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

11. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
B12
Tamoxifen
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

12. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamoxifen

13. Medical abortion
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Mifepristone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

14. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
SSRIs
Folate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Vitamin D supplementation

15. Sporothrix schenckii
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

16. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ethosuximide
Smoking cessation
Amantadine/rimantadine

17. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
All - trans retinoic acid
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

18. Toxoplasma gondii
High - dose steroids
Oral metronidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mifepristone

19. Patent ductus arteriosus
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs
Indomethacin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

20. Enterococci
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

21. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Penicillin
Statin (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Aromatase inhibitor

22. Influenza
Indomethacin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Erythromycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

23. Streptococcus bovis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
D2 receptor antagonists
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis

24. Absence seizures
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Benzodiazepines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ethosuximide

25. Alcohol withdrawal
Imatinib
Statin (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Benzodiazepines

26. Ringworm infections
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tamoxifen
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

27. SIADH
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Bosentan
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fluids - insulin - K+

28. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Bosentan

29. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Fibrate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

30. Carcinoid syndrome
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Octreotide
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

31. Prolactinoma
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

32. Infertility
Vancomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

33. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sumatriptan
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

34. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

35. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
High - dose steroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

36. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate

37. Osteomalacia/rickets
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Oral KI
Vitamin D supplementation
Protamine sulfate

38. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin
Folate

39. MRSA
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin

40. Clostridium tetani
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Folate

41. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Heparin
High - dose steroids
TMP- SMX

42. Buerger's disease
Methicillin/naficillin
Statin (first - line)
Smoking cessation
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

43. UTI prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX

44. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Amantadine/rimantadine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

45. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
B12
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Trastuzumab

46. ADHD
All - trans retinoic acid
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Warfarin
Benzodiazepines

47. Ulcerative colitis
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

48. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

49. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Oral metronidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+
Bosentan

50. Crohn's disease
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Heparin
Corticosteroids - infliximab