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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
IFN- a

2. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

4. Wegener's granulomatosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vancomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

5. Erectile dysfunction
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sildenafil
Benzodiazepines
Sumatriptan

6. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Methicillin/naficillin
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluids - insulin - K+

7. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation

8. Folate deficiency
Folate
Tamoxifen
Oral metronidazole
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

9. Pulmonary hypertension
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)
Bosentan
Folate

10. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Dantrolene
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

11. Streptococcus bovis
Protamine sulfate
Octreotide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Buspirone

12. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists
All - trans retinoic acid

13. Clostridium difficile
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Flutamide
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole

14. Chronic hepatitis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
IFN- a
Penicillin

15. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fibrate

16. B12 deficiency
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vitamin D supplementation
B12

17. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antitoxin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

18. Hypercholesterolemia
Folate
D2 receptor antagonists
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Statin (first - line)

19. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
SSRIs
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

20. Crohn's disease
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)

21. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin
Folate

22. Long - term anticoagulation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

23. Chlamydia trachomatis
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral KI
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Statin (first - line)

24. Sickle cell anemia
Dantrolene
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

25. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
IFN- a
Heparin
SSRIs

26. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Bosentan
SSRIs
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

27. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

28. Candida albicans
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vitamin D supplementation

29. Enterococci
IFN- a
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

30. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ganciclovir
D2 receptor antagonists

31. Osteomalacia/rickets
Demeclocycline - lithium
Oral metronidazole
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)

32. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
B12
D2 receptor antagonists

33. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- ASA - infliximab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

34. Depression
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs (first - line)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin prophylaxis

35. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Indomethacin

36. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

37. Hypertriglyceridemia
Ganciclovir
Fibrate
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

38. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Warfarin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Spironolactone

39. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Protamine sulfate
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

40. Treponema pallidum
IFN- a
Penicillin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

41. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Benzodiazepines
Trastuzumab

42. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Penicillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tamoxifen
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

43. Prolactinoma
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methicillin/naficillin

44. Absence seizures
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)
Mifepristone
Ethosuximide

45. Multiple sclerosis
Benzodiazepines
Beta- interferon
Vancomycin
Aromatase inhibitor

46. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Ethosuximide
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin

47. MRSA
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
TMP- SMX
Vancomycin

48. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

49. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

50. Alcohol abuse
Ganciclovir
Warfarin
Antitoxin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family