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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Buerger's disease
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Trastuzumab
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
2. Ringworm infections
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate
3. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
4. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Methicillin/naficillin
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5. Hypercholesterolemia
High - dose steroids
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
TMP- SMX
6. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Folate
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin
D2 receptor antagonists
7. Patent ductus arteriosus
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Indomethacin
8. Bulimia
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Indomethacin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
9. Chronic gout
Vitamin D supplementation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
10. Immediate anticoagulation
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Heparin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
11. UTI prophylaxis
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
12. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bosentan
Protamine sulfate
13. Prostate carcinoma
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Flutamide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
14. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
15. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Octreotide
Trastuzumab
16. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin
17. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a
Flutamide
Fluids - insulin - K+
18. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
19. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate
20. Hypertriglyceridemia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- ASA - infliximab
Fibrate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
21. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
B12
Mifepristone
22. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ethosuximide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
23. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
24. Clostridium difficile
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral metronidazole
Tamoxifen
25. Candida albicans
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
26. Cystic fibrosis
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral KI
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
27. 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)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
NSAIDs - colchicine
28. Enterococci
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Aromatase inhibitor
29. Erectile dysfunction
Trastuzumab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sildenafil
30. Malignant hyperthermia
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
B12
Oral KI
31. Neural tube defect prevention
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
32. Hyperaldosteronism
Demeclocycline - lithium
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
33. Cytomegalovirus
High - dose steroids
Ganciclovir
Fluids - insulin - K+
Octreotide
34. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis
35. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Beta- interferon
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
36. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
37. Warfarin toxicity
Sumatriptan
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
38. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
39. Cryptococcus neoformans
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone
IFN- a
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
40. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Protamine sulfate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
41. Absence seizures
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide
Warfarin
Spironolactone
42. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Spironolactone
Ganciclovir
Penicillin
43. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
44. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral metronidazole
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
45. Bipolar disorder
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Spironolactone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
46. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin
All - trans retinoic acid
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
47. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
48. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mifepristone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
49. Pheochromocytoma
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+
50. Wegener's granulomatosis
Protamine sulfate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Flutamide
Penicillin prophylaxis