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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Demeclocycline - lithium

2. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
D2 receptor antagonists
Vitamin D supplementation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

3. Sickle cell anemia
Tamoxifen
Ganciclovir
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

4. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Folate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sumatriptan

5. Medical abortion
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mifepristone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Indomethacin

6. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Protamine sulfate

7. Buerger's disease
High - dose steroids
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
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)

8. Hypercholesterolemia
Antitoxin
Statin (first - line)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tamsulosin - finasteride

9. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
5- ASA - infliximab
High - dose steroids
Benzodiazepines
Imatinib

10. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ganciclovir
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

11. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tamsulosin - finasteride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

12. Cryptococcus neoformans
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Buspirone
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ganciclovir

13. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
NSAIDs - colchicine
TMP- SMX
Indomethacin

14. Candida albicans
Dantrolene
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
D2 receptor antagonists

15. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sumatriptan
5- ASA - infliximab
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Chronic hepatitis
Trastuzumab
IFN- a
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

17. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Indomethacin
Aromatase inhibitor
Statin (first - line)

18. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
5- ASA - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

19. Influenza
Spironolactone
Ganciclovir
Amantadine/rimantadine
Warfarin

20. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Flutamide
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Folate

21. Alcohol withdrawal
Penicillin prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mifepristone

22. Tonic - clonic seizures
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Beta- interferon
Demeclocycline - lithium

23. ADHD
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
5- ASA - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

24. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

25. Streptococcus bovis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Erythromycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

26. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

27. Trichomonas vaginalis
Buspirone
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

28. Cystic fibrosis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ganciclovir
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

29. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ethosuximide

30. Temporal arteritis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
High - dose steroids

31. Migraine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Spironolactone
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Sumatriptan

32. Malignant hyperthermia
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin prophylaxis

33. Hyperaldosteronism
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs (first - line)

34. Clostridium tetani
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sildenafil
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Buspirone

35. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Smoking cessation
Trastuzumab
Mifepristone

36. MRSA
Beta- interferon
Amantadine/rimantadine
Vancomycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

37. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Antitoxin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab

38. Hypertriglyceridemia
Imatinib
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Benzodiazepines
Fibrate

39. Streptococcus pyogenes
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+

40. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Protamine sulfate

41. Crohn's disease
Methicillin/naficillin
Statin (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab

42. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

43. Erectile dysfunction
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids
Erythromycin
Sildenafil

44. Treponema pallidum
B12
Antitoxin
Penicillin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

45. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Buspirone
Heparin
Tamoxifen
IFN- a

46. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
B12
Buspirone

47. Anxiety
Heparin
Buspirone
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

48. Enterococci
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

49. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
IFN- a
Ganciclovir
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab

50. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Antitoxin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole