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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Clostridium botulinum
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antitoxin
Oral KI
Sublingual nitroglycerin

2. Trichomonas vaginalis
Aromatase inhibitor
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

3. Rickettsia rickettsii
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Buspirone
Fluids - insulin - K+

4. Hyperaldosteronism
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone

5. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ganciclovir
D2 receptor antagonists
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

6. Streptococcus pyogenes
Ethosuximide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis

7. Streptococcus bovis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin
Sildenafil

8. Bipolar disorder
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Trastuzumab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

9. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
IFN- a
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

10. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

11. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Benzodiazepines
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

12. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
B12
Imatinib

13. Temporal arteritis
Buspirone
Sildenafil
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone

14. Long - term anticoagulation
Bosentan
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Folate
Warfarin

15. Sporothrix schenckii
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sumatriptan
Folate
Oral KI

16. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin
Flutamide

17. Medical abortion
Tamoxifen
Mifepristone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Octreotide

18. Chronic hepatitis
SSRIs (first - line)
IFN- a
Antitoxin
Folate

19. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Methicillin/naficillin
TMP- SMX
Bosentan

20. MRSA
Oral KI
Vancomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

21. Ringworm infections
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Corticosteroids - infliximab

22. Neural tube defect prevention
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

23. Immediate anticoagulation
High - dose steroids
Heparin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid

24. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

25. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Heparin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

26. B12 deficiency
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
B12

27. Absence seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ethosuximide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fibrate

28. Folate deficiency
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate
Antitoxin

29. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

30. SIADH
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Demeclocycline - lithium

31. Anxiety
Buspirone
B12
D2 receptor antagonists
IFN- a

32. Legionella pneumophila
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Erythromycin
Indomethacin
Spironolactone

33. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Buspirone
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+

34. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

35. 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)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

36. Malaria
Warfarin
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

37. Enterococci
D2 receptor antagonists
Spironolactone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

38. Chlamydia trachomatis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
All - trans retinoic acid
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

39. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Sumatriptan
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

40. Candida albicans
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

41. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Trastuzumab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Sublingual nitroglycerin

42. Anorexia
Buspirone
Flutamide
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin

43. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Buspirone
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

44. Ulcerative colitis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin
Statin (first - line)
5- ASA - infliximab

45. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Oral metronidazole
Folate
Spironolactone

46. Alcohol withdrawal
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Benzodiazepines
Octreotide
Corticosteroids - infliximab

47. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

48. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor
IFN- a

49. Treponema pallidum
Octreotide
Penicillin
D2 receptor antagonists
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

50. Toxoplasma gondii
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)