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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Sickle cell anemia
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Statin (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mifepristone

2. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Folate
Vancomycin
Methicillin/naficillin

3. Sporothrix schenckii
Imatinib
SSRIs (first - line)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral KI

4. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Amantadine/rimantadine

5. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Warfarin
Fluids - insulin - K+
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

6. Enterococci
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral metronidazole
Imatinib
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

7. Warfarin toxicity
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Methicillin/naficillin

8. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists
Fibrate

9. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
High - dose steroids
D2 receptor antagonists
Protamine sulfate

10. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Spironolactone

11. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mifepristone
Fibrate

12. Prostate carcinoma
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Flutamide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

13. Infertility
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

14. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Buspirone
Dantrolene
Flutamide

15. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fibrate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

16. Malignant hyperthermia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin
Dantrolene

17. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Benzodiazepines
D2 receptor antagonists
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

18. Stable angina
Indomethacin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
All - trans retinoic acid
Ganciclovir

19. Diabetes insipidus
Spironolactone
Flutamide
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

20. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
TMP- SMX
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Imatinib
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

21. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sumatriptan

22. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dantrolene

23. Crohn's disease
High - dose steroids
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Smoking cessation
Corticosteroids - infliximab

24. Candida albicans
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs (first - line)

25. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Heparin

26. MRSA
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral metronidazole
Vancomycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

27. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Amantadine/rimantadine
Heparin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methicillin/naficillin

28. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ganciclovir

29. Alcohol withdrawal
Indomethacin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Benzodiazepines

30. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Sildenafil
Bosentan
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Indomethacin

31. Migraine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sumatriptan
Oral metronidazole
Beta- interferon

32. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin

33. Ringworm infections
Antitoxin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

34. Ulcerative colitis
B12
Fluids - insulin - K+
5- ASA - infliximab
Protamine sulfate

35. Hypercholesterolemia
Penicillin
Statin (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
IFN- a

36. Clostridium botulinum
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

37. Malaria
Aromatase inhibitor
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ethosuximide

38. ADHD
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Bosentan
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Aromatase inhibitor

39. Multiple sclerosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Beta- interferon
Heparin

40. Hyperaldosteronism
IFN- a
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs
Spironolactone

41. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs (first - line)

42. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

43. Influenza
Smoking cessation
Heparin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin

44. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Methicillin/naficillin
Statin (first - line)

45. Streptococcus bovis
B12
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

46. B12 deficiency
B12
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
TMP- SMX

47. Chlamydia trachomatis
SSRIs (first - line)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vitamin D supplementation

48. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ganciclovir

49. Hypertriglyceridemia
SSRIs (first - line)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fibrate

50. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Ethosuximide
Imatinib
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs (first - line)