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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mifepristone
Ganciclovir
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

2. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Beta- interferon
Erythromycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Buspirone
Demeclocycline - lithium
High - dose steroids
Imatinib

4. Hypercholesterolemia
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Statin (first - line)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

5. Pheochromocytoma
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Demeclocycline - lithium
D2 receptor antagonists
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

6. Temporal arteritis
Oral KI
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids
Bosentan

7. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Methicillin/naficillin
Fluids - insulin - K+
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

8. Erectile dysfunction
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Mifepristone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sildenafil

9. Candida albicans
High - dose steroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

10. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs (first - line)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

11. Cryptococcus neoformans
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
IFN- a
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

12. Rickettsia rickettsii
Beta- interferon
Smoking cessation
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

13. Diabetes insipidus
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Aromatase inhibitor

14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

15. MRSA
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin

16. Legionella pneumophila
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Octreotide

17. Absence seizures
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

18. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
IFN- a
Vitamin D supplementation

19. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Spironolactone
Indomethacin

20. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide

21. Malaria
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ethosuximide

22. Immediate anticoagulation
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
B12
Heparin

23. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

24. Ulcerative colitis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fibrate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- ASA - infliximab

25. Folate deficiency
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Oral metronidazole
Aromatase inhibitor

26. Prolactinoma
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

27. Migraine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sumatriptan
Smoking cessation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

28. Chronic gout
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Buspirone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

29. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Octreotide

30. Alcohol abuse
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Heparin
Octreotide
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

31. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Folate
5- ASA - infliximab

32. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral KI

33. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

34. Streptococcus bovis
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

35. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

36. Crohn's disease
Demeclocycline - lithium
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Indomethacin

37. Clostridium difficile
Warfarin
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

38. Warfarin toxicity
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

39. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine

40. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sumatriptan

41. Sickle cell anemia
Imatinib
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

42. UTI prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Dantrolene
TMP- SMX
High - dose steroids

43. Anorexia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs

44. Cystic fibrosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan
Protamine sulfate

45. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Statin (first - line)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vitamin D supplementation
TMP- SMX

46. Alcohol withdrawal
Ganciclovir
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines

47. Infertility
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs

48. Pulmonary hypertension
Sildenafil
Antitoxin
Bosentan
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

49. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Sildenafil
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

50. Stable angina
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Heparin