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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Immediate anticoagulation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin
Heparin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

2. Osteomalacia/rickets
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation

3. Diabetes insipidus
Sildenafil
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fluids - insulin - K+

4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Octreotide
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

5. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

6. Crohn's disease
Smoking cessation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Erythromycin

7. MRSA
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin

8. Carcinoid syndrome
Amantadine/rimantadine
Octreotide
TMP- SMX
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

9. Rickettsia rickettsii
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin

10. Chronic hepatitis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
IFN- a

11. Anorexia
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
SSRIs
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

12. Staphylococcus aureus
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Methicillin/naficillin

13. Bipolar disorder
Vitamin D supplementation
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)

14. Prolactinoma
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

15. Toxoplasma gondii
Fibrate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

16. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sumatriptan
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin
Mifepristone

17. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Beta- interferon
Heparin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

18. Sporothrix schenckii
Smoking cessation
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

19. Medical abortion
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
D2 receptor antagonists
Mifepristone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

20. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mifepristone
Heparin

21. Prostate carcinoma
Tamoxifen
Flutamide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

22. Erectile dysfunction
Trastuzumab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sildenafil
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

23. Buerger's disease
Aromatase inhibitor
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Smoking cessation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

24. Wegener's granulomatosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin

25. Acute gout attack
TMP- SMX
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vitamin D supplementation

26. Hypercholesterolemia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sumatriptan
Benzodiazepines
Statin (first - line)

27. Candida albicans
Penicillin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

28. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
5- ASA - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid

29. Neisseria meningitidis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Streptococcus bovis
Sumatriptan
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

31. Cystic fibrosis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- ASA - infliximab
Imatinib

32. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

33. Absence seizures
Vitamin D supplementation
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ethosuximide
Spironolactone

34. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Vancomycin
Buspirone
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

35. Malignant hyperthermia
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ethosuximide
Dantrolene

36. UTI prophylaxis
Sumatriptan
TMP- SMX
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Protamine sulfate

37. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
High - dose steroids
Aromatase inhibitor

38. Tonic - clonic seizures
Fluids - insulin - K+
Spironolactone
Beta- interferon
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

39. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fibrate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

40. Clostridium difficile
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Heparin
Protamine sulfate
Oral metronidazole

41. Ulcerative colitis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
TMP- SMX
5- ASA - infliximab
Erythromycin

42. Anxiety
Buspirone
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

43. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Aromatase inhibitor
Amantadine/rimantadine
Indomethacin

44. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tamoxifen
Flutamide

45. Enterococci
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Bosentan

46. Pheochromocytoma
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral KI
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

47. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Statin (first - line)
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fluids - insulin - K+

48. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

49. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Mifepristone

50. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Sumatriptan