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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ulcerative colitis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- ASA - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
2. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
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
3. Medical abortion
Antitoxin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Mifepristone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
4. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ganciclovir
5. Carcinoid syndrome
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Octreotide
6. Buerger's disease
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Smoking cessation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
7. Staphylococcus aureus
Ethosuximide
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Methicillin/naficillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
8. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Flutamide
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
Folate
9. Pulmonary hypertension
TMP- SMX
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Bosentan
All - trans retinoic acid
10. Chronic hepatitis
All - trans retinoic acid
IFN- a
Warfarin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
All - trans retinoic acid
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
12. Bulimia
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Folate
Indomethacin
13. Streptococcus pneumoniae
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
14. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fibrate
SSRIs
Imatinib
15. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
16. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Sumatriptan
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
17. Rickettsia rickettsii
Penicillin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Octreotide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
18. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluids - insulin - K+
19. Multiple sclerosis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Beta- interferon
Bosentan
20. Clostridium tetani
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
21. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
22. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Ganciclovir
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
23. Legionella pneumophila
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Erythromycin
24. Folate deficiency
Vancomycin
Octreotide
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
25. Prolactinoma
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Imatinib
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
26. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
27. Neural tube defect prevention
Vitamin D supplementation
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Folate
Statin (first - line)
28. B12 deficiency
Fibrate
Ethosuximide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
B12
29. Osteomalacia/rickets
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Aromatase inhibitor
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
30. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Trastuzumab
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Folate
31. Toxoplasma gondii
Folate
Imatinib
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Octreotide
32. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Buspirone
Heparin
33. Clostridium botulinum
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antitoxin
Vitamin D supplementation
34. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Imatinib
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
35. Neisseria meningitidis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Smoking cessation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
36. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
D2 receptor antagonists
37. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)
38. Diabetes insipidus
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Aromatase inhibitor
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vitamin D supplementation
39. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vancomycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
40. Cystic fibrosis
Vitamin D supplementation
Heparin
Vancomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
41. Chronic gout
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fluids - insulin - K+
42. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Oral metronidazole
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
43. ADHD
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fibrate
D2 receptor antagonists
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
44. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Penicillin
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
45. Clostridium difficile
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral metronidazole
Ganciclovir
46. Candida albicans
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ganciclovir
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
47. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
Beta- interferon
48. Ringworm infections
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral metronidazole
49. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
SSRIs
Benzodiazepines
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
50. Malignant hyperthermia
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Dantrolene
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs