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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Depression
Antitoxin
5- ASA - infliximab
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs (first - line)

2. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
SSRIs
Oral KI
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

3. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antitoxin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

4. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Dantrolene
High - dose steroids
Oral KI

5. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Heparin
Sildenafil
Protamine sulfate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Sumatriptan
Sildenafil
Mifepristone

7. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX

8. Absence seizures
Aromatase inhibitor
Beta- interferon
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide

9. Streptococcus bovis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

10. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fibrate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Flutamide
Indomethacin

11. Diabetes insipidus
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Imatinib

12. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
All - trans retinoic acid
Ganciclovir

13. Medical abortion
Vancomycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Mifepristone

14. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Imatinib
D2 receptor antagonists
Sildenafil
Corticosteroids - infliximab

15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

16. Clostridium difficile
Statin (first - line)
Sumatriptan
Oral metronidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+

17. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
SSRIs (first - line)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Vancomycin

18. Anorexia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

19. Sporothrix schenckii
Heparin
Sumatriptan
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral KI

20. Folate deficiency
Sumatriptan
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

21. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Imatinib
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate

22. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
IFN- a
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fibrate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. UTI prophylaxis
Folate
TMP- SMX
SSRIs
Heparin

24. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Spironolactone
Beta- interferon
Bosentan

25. Cytomegalovirus
Warfarin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ganciclovir
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

26. Malaria
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
Heparin

27. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

28. Chlamydia trachomatis
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Imatinib
NSAIDs - colchicine

29. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Indomethacin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Protamine sulfate
Vancomycin
Methicillin/naficillin

31. Carcinoid syndrome
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium

32. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Ganciclovir
Warfarin
D2 receptor antagonists

33. Ulcerative colitis
Amantadine/rimantadine
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

34. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
All - trans retinoic acid

35. Alcohol abuse
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Amantadine/rimantadine

36. Temporal arteritis
Bosentan
High - dose steroids
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

37. Hemorrhagic cystitis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Dantrolene
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

38. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Antitoxin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
IFN- a

39. Streptococcus pyogenes
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

40. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dantrolene
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin

41. Erectile dysfunction
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sildenafil
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin

42. Rickettsia rickettsii
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
Warfarin

43. Alcohol withdrawal
Vancomycin
Benzodiazepines
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

44. Cystic fibrosis
Benzodiazepines
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Oral metronidazole
Fibrate

45. Bulimia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
SSRIs
Octreotide
Warfarin

46. Acute gout attack
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Flutamide
Oral metronidazole
NSAIDs - colchicine

47. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

48. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
B12
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

49. ADHD
Tamoxifen
High - dose steroids
Methicillin/naficillin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

50. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Protamine sulfate
Beta- interferon
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)