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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Folate
Sildenafil
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin

2. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Imatinib
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis

3. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
NSAIDs - colchicine

4. Influenza
Dantrolene
Penicillin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine

5. Treponema pallidum
Ethosuximide
Penicillin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
IFN- a

6. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

7. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Smoking cessation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

8. Acute gout attack
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamoxifen
Indomethacin
NSAIDs - colchicine

9. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
NSAIDs - colchicine

10. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Warfarin

11. Prostate carcinoma
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Flutamide
Mifepristone
Antitoxin

12. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Penicillin
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

13. Stable angina
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bosentan

14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

15. Absence seizures
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ethosuximide
Oral KI
Fibrate

16. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Benzodiazepines

17. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Dantrolene
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methicillin/naficillin

18. Staphylococcus aureus
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin
Methicillin/naficillin
Benzodiazepines

19. MRSA
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vancomycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

20. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Imatinib
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Erythromycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

21. Depression
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
SSRIs (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

22. Medical abortion
Benzodiazepines
Statin (first - line)
Mifepristone
Dantrolene

23. Crohn's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab

24. Osteomalacia/rickets
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vitamin D supplementation

25. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sumatriptan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs (first - line)

26. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Bosentan
Antitoxin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

27. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin prophylaxis
Demeclocycline - lithium

28. Hypercholesterolemia
NSAIDs - colchicine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Statin (first - line)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

29. Trichomonas vaginalis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Octreotide
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

30. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Mifepristone
Sildenafil
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

31. Alcohol withdrawal
SSRIs
Benzodiazepines
Oral metronidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

32. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate
Tamsulosin - finasteride

33. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vancomycin

34. Erectile dysfunction
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sildenafil
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

35. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)

36. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
D2 receptor antagonists
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

37. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamoxifen

38. B12 deficiency
5- ASA - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
B12

39. Streptococcus bovis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

40. Neisseria meningitidis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
SSRIs (first - line)

41. Cryptococcus neoformans
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral metronidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

42. Enterococci
Vancomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sildenafil

43. Infertility
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sumatriptan
TMP- SMX
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

44. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

45. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Benzodiazepines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

46. Prolactinoma
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
D2 receptor antagonists
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

47. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Dantrolene
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Folate

48. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Octreotide

49. Legionella pneumophila
Folate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin

50. Anorexia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs
Methylphenidate - amphetamines