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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Clostridium tetani
High - dose steroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sumatriptan

2. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Protamine sulfate
Bosentan

3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Imatinib
Ethosuximide

4. Pneumocystis jiroveci
SSRIs (first - line)
Fibrate
B12
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

5. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Aromatase inhibitor
D2 receptor antagonists
Beta- interferon

6. MRSA
Buspirone
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vancomycin

7. Treponema pallidum
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Folate
Flutamide
Penicillin

8. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fibrate
Spironolactone
Aromatase inhibitor

9. Migraine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs
Sumatriptan

10. Warfarin toxicity
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

11. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
SSRIs (first - line)

12. Multiple sclerosis
Dantrolene
Tamoxifen
Beta- interferon
Folate

13. Influenza
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Spironolactone
5- ASA - infliximab

14. Infertility
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Folate

15. Legionella pneumophila
Vitamin D supplementation
Erythromycin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Benzodiazepines

16. Absence seizures
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists
Ganciclovir

17. Toxoplasma gondii
Indomethacin
Sildenafil
Protamine sulfate
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

18. Staphylococcus aureus
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

19. Candida albicans
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antitoxin

20. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

21. Pulmonary hypertension
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bosentan
Antitoxin

22. Pheochromocytoma
Ethosuximide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Protamine sulfate

23. Ulcerative colitis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Benzodiazepines
Folate
5- ASA - infliximab

24. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Protamine sulfate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

25. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Mifepristone
Imatinib
Sildenafil

26. Buerger's disease
Antitoxin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Smoking cessation
Spironolactone

27. Sporothrix schenckii
Tamoxifen
Ethosuximide
Oral KI
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

28. Malignant hyperthermia
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs (first - line)
Dantrolene
Indomethacin

29. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Smoking cessation
Statin (first - line)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide

30. SIADH
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Antitoxin
SSRIs (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium

31. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

32. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fibrate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

34. Chronic hepatitis
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
IFN- a
Spironolactone

35. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Tamoxifen
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

36. Clostridium botulinum
Bosentan
Demeclocycline - lithium
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin

37. Temporal arteritis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
5- ASA - infliximab
High - dose steroids
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

38. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Oral metronidazole
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

39. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sildenafil
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dantrolene

40. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
SSRIs
Beta- interferon
Methicillin/naficillin

41. Stable angina
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

42. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs

43. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
High - dose steroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

44. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan
Fluids - insulin - K+
Corticosteroids - infliximab

45. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone
Ganciclovir
Trastuzumab

46. Wegener's granulomatosis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

47. Malaria
Vitamin D supplementation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

48. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
All - trans retinoic acid
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

49. Immediate anticoagulation
Flutamide
Buspirone
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation

50. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Erythromycin
Oral KI
Heparin