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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Legionella pneumophila
Vitamin D supplementation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Erythromycin

2. Anorexia
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs

3. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Protamine sulfate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

4. Patent ductus arteriosus
Fibrate
Protamine sulfate
Indomethacin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

5. Chronic gout
SSRIs
B12
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamoxifen

6. Clostridium difficile
Sumatriptan
Flutamide
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Oral metronidazole

7. Infertility
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX
Fibrate
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

8. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan
Octreotide

9. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
SSRIs
D2 receptor antagonists
IFN- a

10. Alcohol abuse
Penicillin
Ethosuximide
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

11. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
High - dose steroids
Aromatase inhibitor
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis

12. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

13. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
IFN- a
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

14. Acute gout attack
All - trans retinoic acid
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
NSAIDs - colchicine

15. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Indomethacin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

16. Osteomalacia/rickets
Sumatriptan
Sildenafil
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vitamin D supplementation

17. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
B12
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

18. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Antitoxin
B12
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

19. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis
Aromatase inhibitor

20. MRSA
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX
Methicillin/naficillin

21. Prolactinoma
Warfarin
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

22. Hypercholesterolemia
Oral metronidazole
Statin (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

23. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Oral KI
Sumatriptan
Imatinib
SSRIs

24. B12 deficiency
B12
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Buspirone
Indomethacin

25. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Sildenafil

26. Depression
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
B12
SSRIs (first - line)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

27. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide

28. Anxiety
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin
Buspirone
High - dose steroids

29. Immediate anticoagulation
Folate
Warfarin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Heparin

30. Streptococcus pyogenes
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Bosentan

31. Staphylococcus aureus
Benzodiazepines
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

32. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Flutamide
Ethosuximide
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab

33. Multiple sclerosis
Fibrate
Beta- interferon
Statin (first - line)
Folate

34. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

35. Malignant hyperthermia
Imatinib
Dantrolene
Sildenafil
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

36. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Demeclocycline - lithium
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

37. Ulcerative colitis
Demeclocycline - lithium
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin
SSRIs (first - line)

38. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Indomethacin
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

39. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Buspirone
Imatinib
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

40. Influenza
Sumatriptan
Flutamide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

41. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Spironolactone
D2 receptor antagonists
Tamoxifen
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

42. Cystic fibrosis
Spironolactone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
B12
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

43. Hyperaldosteronism
High - dose steroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Spironolactone
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

44. Chronic hepatitis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
IFN- a
Erythromycin

45. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
5- ASA - infliximab

46. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sumatriptan
Heparin

47. Carcinoid syndrome
D2 receptor antagonists
Spironolactone
Octreotide
Dantrolene

48. Cryptococcus neoformans
B12
Smoking cessation
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

49. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
All - trans retinoic acid
Trastuzumab

50. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists
Spironolactone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin