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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Demeclocycline - lithium
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

2. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Folate

3. Acute gout attack
Oral metronidazole
NSAIDs - colchicine
5- ASA - infliximab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

4. Alcohol abuse
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fibrate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

5. Infertility
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

6. Cryptococcus neoformans
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

7. Cytomegalovirus
Aromatase inhibitor
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ganciclovir
Methicillin/naficillin

8. Hypertriglyceridemia
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Penicillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

10. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Indomethacin
Methicillin/naficillin

11. Heparin toxicity (acute)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ganciclovir
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Protamine sulfate

12. Sporothrix schenckii
Mifepristone
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Bosentan

13. Toxoplasma gondii
Folate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Statin (first - line)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

14. Tonic - clonic seizures
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Mifepristone
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

15. Legionella pneumophila
Buspirone
Erythromycin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Folate

16. Treponema pallidum
Ethosuximide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

17. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

18. Enterococci
Aromatase inhibitor
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

19. Clostridium botulinum
IFN- a
Vancomycin
Antitoxin
All - trans retinoic acid

20. Alcohol withdrawal
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin

21. Diabetes mellitus type 2
5- ASA - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ganciclovir
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

22. Sickle cell anemia
Buspirone
Tamoxifen
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fibrate

23. Crohn's disease
Flutamide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ganciclovir
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

24. Temporal arteritis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin
High - dose steroids
Mifepristone

25. Immediate anticoagulation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Heparin
Antitoxin
Smoking cessation

26. Hyperaldosteronism
Trastuzumab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Spironolactone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

27. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Ethosuximide
Vitamin D supplementation
Smoking cessation

28. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Trastuzumab

29. Pulmonary hypertension
Dantrolene
Mifepristone
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

30. Wegener's granulomatosis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

31. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Buspirone
Beta- interferon

32. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Aromatase inhibitor
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

33. ADHD
Folate
SSRIs
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin

34. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Imatinib
TMP- SMX
Heparin

35. Rickettsia rickettsii
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

36. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Flutamide
All - trans retinoic acid
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs (first - line)

37. Hypercholesterolemia
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis
Beta- interferon
Statin (first - line)

38. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral metronidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

39. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs

40. Folate deficiency
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bosentan
Folate

41. Influenza
Warfarin
Imatinib
Amantadine/rimantadine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

42. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Spironolactone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Imatinib

43. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Dantrolene
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Octreotide

44. Trichomonas vaginalis
IFN- a
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
All - trans retinoic acid

45. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Flutamide
Tamsulosin - finasteride
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs (first - line)

46. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Spironolactone
Amantadine/rimantadine

47. Streptococcus bovis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

48. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

49. Chronic hepatitis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
IFN- a
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis

50. Bipolar disorder
Penicillin prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Folate
Flutamide