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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antitoxin
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

2. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Benzodiazepines
Erythromycin

3. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

4. Depression
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Statin (first - line)

5. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

6. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Ethosuximide
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX

7. Prolactinoma
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Heparin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

8. Osteomalacia/rickets
Demeclocycline - lithium
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vitamin D supplementation
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

9. Enterococci
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vitamin D supplementation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

10. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin prophylaxis

11. Erectile dysfunction
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sildenafil

12. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sumatriptan
Fluids - insulin - K+

13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

14. Alcohol abuse
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Mifepristone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

15. Cystic fibrosis
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fibrate

16. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs (first - line)
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium

17. Diabetes mellitus type 1
SSRIs
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- ASA - infliximab
Sumatriptan

18. B12 deficiency
Tamoxifen
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
B12
Corticosteroids - infliximab

19. SIADH
TMP- SMX
Ethosuximide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Demeclocycline - lithium

20. Alcohol withdrawal
TMP- SMX
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin

21. ADHD
Smoking cessation
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tamsulosin - finasteride

22. Warfarin toxicity
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Ringworm infections
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs
Imatinib
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

24. Hyperaldosteronism
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Dantrolene
Spironolactone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

25. UTI 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)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX

26. Buerger's disease
Spironolactone
Smoking cessation
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

27. Prostate carcinoma
Fibrate
All - trans retinoic acid
Heparin
Flutamide

28. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fibrate
Buspirone

29. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Oral metronidazole
Tamoxifen
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

30. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Beta- interferon
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

31. Absence seizures
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ethosuximide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

32. MRSA
Vancomycin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Trastuzumab
Corticosteroids - infliximab

33. Acute gout attack
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin

34. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
High - dose steroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Demeclocycline - lithium

35. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sumatriptan
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
All - trans retinoic acid
Indomethacin

36. Wegener's granulomatosis
Folate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin

37. Malaria
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis

38. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Oral metronidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

39. Malignant hyperthermia
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dantrolene
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

40. Folate deficiency
Antitoxin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

41. Neural tube defect prevention
Amantadine/rimantadine
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs

42. Multiple sclerosis
All - trans retinoic acid
Beta- interferon
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Benzodiazepines

43. Diabetes insipidus
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mifepristone

44. Clostridium difficile
Folate
Octreotide
Protamine sulfate
Oral metronidazole

45. Long - term anticoagulation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Warfarin
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

46. Sickle cell anemia
Sumatriptan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Flutamide
Erythromycin

47. Clostridium botulinum
IFN- a
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin
SSRIs

48. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Statin (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Octreotide

49. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin prophylaxis
High - dose steroids

50. Pulmonary hypertension
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral KI
Bosentan