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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malignant hyperthermia
B12
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
High - dose steroids

2. Infertility
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Imatinib
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

3. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

4. Legionella pneumophila
Fibrate
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

5. Medical abortion
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Flutamide
Mifepristone
Penicillin

6. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sildenafil
Buspirone
Heparin

7. Staphylococcus aureus
Bosentan
Fibrate
Vitamin D supplementation
Methicillin/naficillin

8. Carcinoid syndrome
Penicillin
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

9. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
SSRIs
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

10. Multiple sclerosis
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

11. Pulmonary hypertension
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bosentan
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tamoxifen
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
NSAIDs - colchicine

13. Treponema pallidum
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin
Penicillin

14. Chronic gout
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

15. Prolactinoma
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Heparin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

16. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
B12
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

17. MRSA
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Tamoxifen
Heparin

18. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
SSRIs
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

19. Enterococci
Methicillin/naficillin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Tamoxifen
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

20. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Vancomycin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

21. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis

22. Clostridium tetani
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Erythromycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Protamine sulfate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

24. Folate deficiency
Bosentan
Spironolactone
Folate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

25. Tonic - clonic seizures
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fibrate

26. Acute gout attack
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

27. Migraine
SSRIs (first - line)
Sumatriptan
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vancomycin

28. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Sumatriptan
Oral metronidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

29. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral metronidazole

30. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Folate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Smoking cessation
Vitamin D supplementation

31. UTI prophylaxis
Antitoxin
TMP- SMX
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

32. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine

33. Absence seizures
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

34. Sporothrix schenckii
Octreotide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate

35. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate

36. B12 deficiency
B12
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Buspirone

37. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Sumatriptan

38. Neural tube defect prevention
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

39. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Protamine sulfate
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs (first - line)

40. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

41. Wegener's granulomatosis
Beta- interferon
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

42. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Statin (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin

43. Temporal arteritis
Bosentan
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone

44. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Sumatriptan
Erythromycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

45. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Imatinib

46. Cytomegalovirus
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
SSRIs (first - line)
Heparin

47. Chlamydia trachomatis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

48. Patent ductus arteriosus
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Indomethacin

49. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Warfarin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

50. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
D2 receptor antagonists