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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Long - term anticoagulation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Warfarin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

2. Hypercholesterolemia
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Statin (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Octreotide

3. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

4. Wegener's granulomatosis
Folate
Antitoxin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

5. Tonic - clonic seizures
Octreotide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
All - trans retinoic acid

6. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Beta- interferon
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

7. UTI prophylaxis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
TMP- SMX

8. Prolactinoma
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

9. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

10. Rickettsia rickettsii
Vitamin D supplementation
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Imatinib
D2 receptor antagonists

11. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Imatinib
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral metronidazole

12. Streptococcus pneumoniae
High - dose steroids
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Benzodiazepines

13. Chronic hepatitis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
IFN- a
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

14. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Smoking cessation
All - trans retinoic acid
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs

15. Prostate carcinoma
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tamoxifen
Flutamide

16. Enterococci
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

17. Depression
Ganciclovir
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

18. Hyperaldosteronism
Benzodiazepines
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Spironolactone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

19. Malaria
SSRIs (first - line)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX

20. Immediate anticoagulation
Flutamide
Penicillin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin

21. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Antitoxin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate

22. Clostridium botulinum
Ethosuximide
Bosentan
Antitoxin
High - dose steroids

23. B12 deficiency
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
All - trans retinoic acid
B12
Sildenafil

24. Migraine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sumatriptan
Erythromycin

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Trastuzumab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

26. Stable angina
TMP- SMX
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin

27. Streptococcus pyogenes
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

28. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Erythromycin
B12
SSRIs
Trastuzumab

29. Buerger's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Folate
Indomethacin

30. Bipolar disorder
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sildenafil
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

31. Ringworm infections
D2 receptor antagonists
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Statin (first - line)

32. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

33. Cystic fibrosis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
5- ASA - infliximab
Imatinib
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

34. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

35. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

36. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Oral KI
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sildenafil
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

37. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sumatriptan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Warfarin

38. Neural tube defect prevention
Sumatriptan
Tamoxifen
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Folate

39. Acute gout attack
Sumatriptan
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Beta- interferon

40. Alcohol withdrawal
Octreotide
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

41. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Octreotide

42. Carcinoid syndrome
Vancomycin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fibrate
Octreotide

43. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sumatriptan

44. Pulmonary hypertension
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Bosentan
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
IFN- a

45. Alcohol abuse
Beta- interferon
Flutamide
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral metronidazole

46. Sporothrix schenckii
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs
Oral KI
Fluids - insulin - K+

47. MRSA
Vancomycin
Heparin
Folate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

48. Folate deficiency
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vitamin D supplementation
Folate

49. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
5- ASA - infliximab
Folate

50. Warfarin toxicity
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)