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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Ethosuximide
B12
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

2. Chronic gout
B12
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

3. Streptococcus bovis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Spironolactone

4. Pulmonary hypertension
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bosentan

5. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
All - trans retinoic acid
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride

6. Candida albicans
Folate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin
Indomethacin

7. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

8. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Heparin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

9. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Indomethacin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Erythromycin

10. Chronic hepatitis
High - dose steroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
IFN- a
Vancomycin

11. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs

12. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs

13. Anxiety
Buspirone
Beta- interferon
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

14. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

15. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

16. B12 deficiency
B12
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vancomycin
Indomethacin

17. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Spironolactone
Ethosuximide

18. Sporothrix schenckii
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Oral KI
Spironolactone
Sildenafil

19. Prostate carcinoma
Benzodiazepines
Sildenafil
Amantadine/rimantadine
Flutamide

20. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vitamin D supplementation
Heparin

21. Wegener's granulomatosis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Heparin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

22. Staphylococcus aureus
Protamine sulfate
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

23. SIADH
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tamoxifen
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium

24. Depression
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Indomethacin
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor

25. Multiple sclerosis
Spironolactone
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Beta- interferon
Mifepristone

26. Carcinoid syndrome
Antitoxin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Octreotide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

27. Tonic - clonic seizures
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Octreotide
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

28. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
SSRIs
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

29. Bipolar disorder
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fibrate

30. Migraine
Tamoxifen
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
5- ASA - infliximab

31. Pheochromocytoma
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Antitoxin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
B12

32. Chlamydia trachomatis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

33. Patent ductus arteriosus
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Indomethacin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

34. Hypertriglyceridemia
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fibrate
Smoking cessation
B12

35. Temporal arteritis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Octreotide
Spironolactone
High - dose steroids

36. Toxoplasma gondii
Ethosuximide
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

37. ADHD
Octreotide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
5- ASA - infliximab
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

38. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Sildenafil
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Octreotide
Aromatase inhibitor

39. Long - term anticoagulation
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Warfarin
Folate

40. Diabetes insipidus
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Protamine sulfate

41. Malignant hyperthermia
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
Octreotide

42. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Bosentan
Fluids - insulin - K+
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Erythromycin

43. Warfarin toxicity
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

44. Acute gout attack
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Demeclocycline - lithium
NSAIDs - colchicine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

45. Alcohol abuse
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Amantadine/rimantadine
Buspirone

46. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sublingual nitroglycerin

47. Infertility
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

48. Folate deficiency
Folate
High - dose steroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

49. Prolactinoma
Dantrolene
Aromatase inhibitor
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

50. Clostridium difficile
High - dose steroids
Oral metronidazole
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)