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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malignant hyperthermia
SSRIs
Dantrolene
Antitoxin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

2. Clostridium botulinum
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
Antitoxin
Amantadine/rimantadine

3. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

4. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Benzodiazepines
Flutamide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

5. Ringworm infections
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Fibrate

6. Sporothrix schenckii
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antitoxin
Oral KI

7. Treponema pallidum
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin
Antitoxin
Fluids - insulin - K+

8. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Erythromycin

9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ganciclovir
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

10. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

11. Bulimia
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)
SSRIs
Beta- interferon

12. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ethosuximide

13. Influenza
Protamine sulfate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ganciclovir
SSRIs (first - line)

14. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

15. UTI prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX

16. Crohn's disease
Ganciclovir
All - trans retinoic acid
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

17. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Trastuzumab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

18. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Protamine sulfate
Heparin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

19. Chlamydia trachomatis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

20. Rickettsia rickettsii
Indomethacin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Smoking cessation
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

21. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

22. Ulcerative colitis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

23. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

24. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide
Folate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

25. Multiple sclerosis
Folate
Heparin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Beta- interferon

26. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antitoxin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
5- ASA - infliximab

27. Streptococcus pyogenes
Benzodiazepines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis

28. Infertility
Sildenafil
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

29. Prolactinoma
Trastuzumab
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Flutamide
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

30. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
All - trans retinoic acid
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

31. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Mifepristone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Beta- interferon

32. Carcinoid syndrome
TMP- SMX
Demeclocycline - lithium
Octreotide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation
Erythromycin

34. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

35. Tonic - clonic seizures
High - dose steroids
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ethosuximide
Penicillin prophylaxis

36. MRSA
Tamoxifen
SSRIs
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin

37. Immediate anticoagulation
SSRIs (first - line)
Dantrolene
Heparin
Tamoxifen

38. Sickle cell anemia
Indomethacin
Octreotide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

39. Long - term anticoagulation
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Warfarin

40. Absence seizures
Smoking cessation
Ethosuximide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Flutamide

41. Staphylococcus aureus
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

42. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

43. Folate deficiency
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs
Folate
Fluids - insulin - K+

44. Medical abortion
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Mifepristone

45. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Fluids - insulin - K+
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

46. Hyperaldosteronism
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ganciclovir
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

47. Chronic hepatitis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a
Sildenafil
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

48. Prostate carcinoma
D2 receptor antagonists
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Trastuzumab
Flutamide

49. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin prophylaxis

50. B12 deficiency
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Folate
B12
SSRIs