Test your basic knowledge |

First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Cystic fibrosis
Folate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

2. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Indomethacin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a

3. UTI prophylaxis
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX

4. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
Beta- interferon
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

5. Clostridium difficile
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Benzodiazepines
Oral metronidazole

6. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
D2 receptor antagonists
Bosentan

7. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
NSAIDs - colchicine
B12
Fluids - insulin - K+

8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Ethosuximide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

9. Medical abortion
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamoxifen
Mifepristone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

10. Staphylococcus aureus
Antitoxin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Warfarin
Methicillin/naficillin

11. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Octreotide
Penicillin

12. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Statin (first - line)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Flutamide

13. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Buspirone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

14. Alcohol abuse
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Indomethacin
Trastuzumab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

15. Anxiety
Buspirone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

16. Pulmonary hypertension
Fluids - insulin - K+
Bosentan
Flutamide
Imatinib

17. Absence seizures
TMP- SMX
Ethosuximide
SSRIs (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

18. Malignant hyperthermia
Smoking cessation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Dantrolene
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Trichomonas vaginalis
B12
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

20. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Methicillin/naficillin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

21. Toxoplasma gondii
Flutamide
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Trastuzumab
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

22. Crohn's disease
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vitamin D supplementation

23. Folate deficiency
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine

24. Prolactinoma
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

25. Temporal arteritis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
High - dose steroids
Octreotide

26. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Indomethacin
Tamoxifen
IFN- a

27. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs
Indomethacin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

28. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Warfarin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

29. MRSA
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Vancomycin

30. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

31. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Indomethacin
5- ASA - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine

32. Stable angina
Folate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs (first - line)

33. Chronic hepatitis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
SSRIs (first - line)
IFN- a

34. Hyperaldosteronism
Flutamide
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

35. ADHD
Demeclocycline - lithium
Mifepristone
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Oral KI

36. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dantrolene
Sumatriptan
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

37. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

38. Bulimia
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vancomycin

39. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Tamoxifen
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

40. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral metronidazole

41. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Flutamide
Sildenafil
Folate

42. Infertility
Buspirone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
High - dose steroids

43. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

44. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Imatinib
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI

45. Clostridium tetani
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sumatriptan

46. Streptococcus pyogenes
Aromatase inhibitor
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis

47. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
5- ASA - infliximab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
All - trans retinoic acid

48. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs (first - line)

49. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

50. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Dantrolene
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Protamine sulfate