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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chronic hepatitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
IFN- a
Bosentan
SSRIs (first - line)

2. B12 deficiency
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Buspirone
B12

3. Stable angina
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Erythromycin

4. Diabetic ketoacidosis
High - dose steroids
Trastuzumab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate

5. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
5- ASA - infliximab

6. Clostridium tetani
Erythromycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Temporal arteritis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin prophylaxis
High - dose steroids
Smoking cessation

8. Osteomalacia/rickets
Imatinib
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)
Benzodiazepines

9. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

10. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sildenafil
Indomethacin
5- ASA - infliximab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

11. Anorexia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ganciclovir
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
SSRIs

12. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Warfarin
Statin (first - line)

13. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

14. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Benzodiazepines
Heparin

15. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
D2 receptor antagonists
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

16. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Spironolactone
Oral KI
Heparin

17. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Smoking cessation
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Warfarin

19. Legionella pneumophila
SSRIs (first - line)
Sumatriptan
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

20. Acute gout attack
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Bosentan
NSAIDs - colchicine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

21. Staphylococcus aureus
Fluids - insulin - K+
Protamine sulfate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Methicillin/naficillin

22. ADHD
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ethosuximide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin prophylaxis

23. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Spironolactone
D2 receptor antagonists
Erythromycin
Octreotide

24. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Folate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Buspirone

25. Prolactinoma
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

26. Sporothrix schenckii
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Oral KI
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

27. Anxiety
Trastuzumab
Tamoxifen
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone

28. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

29. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
5- ASA - infliximab
Dantrolene

30. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Trastuzumab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Amantadine/rimantadine

31. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Bosentan
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vancomycin

32. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

33. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
B12
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

34. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Indomethacin
Statin (first - line)
Tamoxifen

35. Hypercholesterolemia
Aromatase inhibitor
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin

36. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Heparin

37. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Spironolactone

38. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Statin (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Vancomycin

39. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Buspirone
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Octreotide

40. Infertility
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Mifepristone
Folate

41. Warfarin toxicity
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamoxifen

42. Migraine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene

43. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

44. Long - term anticoagulation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Indomethacin
Warfarin
Buspirone

45. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

46. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Imatinib
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

47. Influenza
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

48. Neisseria meningitidis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation

49. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Oral metronidazole

50. Hypertriglyceridemia
Sildenafil
Fibrate
SSRIs (first - line)
Warfarin