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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Alcohol withdrawal
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ganciclovir
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Benzodiazepines

2. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Ethosuximide
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan

3. Malaria
Sumatriptan
SSRIs (first - line)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

4. Hypertriglyceridemia
Smoking cessation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fibrate
Tamsulosin - finasteride

5. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis

6. Bulimia
B12
Oral KI
SSRIs
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

7. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

8. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Statin (first - line)
D2 receptor antagonists
High - dose steroids

9. Carcinoid syndrome
5- ASA - infliximab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Octreotide

10. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Octreotide

11. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
TMP- SMX

12. Cytomegalovirus
Erythromycin
Ganciclovir
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

13. Diabetes insipidus
Vancomycin
Antitoxin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

14. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

15. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Folate
Penicillin
Penicillin prophylaxis

16. Buerger's disease
Ethosuximide
Smoking cessation
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

17. Bipolar disorder
Indomethacin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Beta- interferon

18. Clostridium botulinum
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Flutamide
Antitoxin
Methicillin/naficillin

19. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Imatinib
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

20. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Indomethacin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

21. Patent ductus arteriosus
Statin (first - line)
Indomethacin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Erythromycin

22. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sildenafil
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

23. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dantrolene
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin

24. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Fibrate
IFN- a
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

25. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D2 receptor antagonists
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

26. Trichomonas vaginalis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Demeclocycline - lithium

27. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Antitoxin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

28. Malignant hyperthermia
Folate
Dantrolene
Fibrate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

29. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

30. Prostate carcinoma
Trastuzumab
Flutamide
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

31. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

32. Anorexia
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bosentan
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

34. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Imatinib

35. Clostridium difficile
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

36. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamoxifen
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

37. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis

38. B12 deficiency
Tamoxifen
B12
Dantrolene
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

39. Cryptococcus neoformans
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Heparin
Folate

40. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

41. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tamoxifen
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
SSRIs (first - line)

42. Chlamydia trachomatis
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

43. Treponema pallidum
Protamine sulfate
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin
Indomethacin

44. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Folate
High - dose steroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

45. Ringworm infections
Aromatase inhibitor
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Beta- interferon
Penicillin

46. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Aromatase inhibitor
Smoking cessation
Protamine sulfate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

47. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

48. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Aromatase inhibitor

49. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin

50. Wegener's granulomatosis
Trastuzumab
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids