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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Cystic fibrosis
Protamine sulfate
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

2. Enterococci
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
B12
Mifepristone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

3. Rickettsia rickettsii
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ganciclovir
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

4. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mifepristone

5. Absence seizures
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ethosuximide
Fluids - insulin - K+
Mifepristone

6. Tonic - clonic seizures
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

7. Ulcerative colitis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

8. Cryptococcus neoformans
Methicillin/naficillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

9. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

10. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
D2 receptor antagonists

11. Candida albicans
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
NSAIDs - colchicine
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

12. B12 deficiency
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
B12

13. Wegener's granulomatosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Vancomycin
Flutamide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

14. Crohn's disease
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)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Flutamide

15. Hypercholesterolemia
Indomethacin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Statin (first - line)
Smoking cessation

16. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Dantrolene
Antitoxin
Trastuzumab
Vitamin D supplementation

17. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs

18. Hypertriglyceridemia
Indomethacin
Fibrate
Imatinib
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

19. Pulmonary hypertension
Benzodiazepines
Aromatase inhibitor
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Bosentan

20. ADHD
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

21. Stable angina
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Spironolactone
Folate

22. Erectile dysfunction
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sildenafil
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

23. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

24. Staphylococcus aureus
5- ASA - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methicillin/naficillin

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bosentan
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

26. Patent ductus arteriosus
Antitoxin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Indomethacin
Vancomycin

27. Alcohol withdrawal
Erythromycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Benzodiazepines
Trastuzumab

28. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Ganciclovir
5- ASA - infliximab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

29. Ringworm infections
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin

30. Pneumocystis jiroveci
IFN- a
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin

31. Anxiety
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

32. Streptococcus pyogenes
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral KI
Statin (first - line)

33. Bulimia
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs
Fluids - insulin - K+
Flutamide

34. Infertility
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

35. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Indomethacin
Benzodiazepines
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Aromatase inhibitor

36. Sporothrix schenckii
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sumatriptan
Oral KI
Fibrate

37. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
IFN- a
Folate
Imatinib

38. Anorexia
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
SSRIs
Buspirone

39. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
Sildenafil

40. Multiple sclerosis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Beta- interferon
Buspirone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

41. Chronic hepatitis
5- ASA - infliximab
IFN- a
Indomethacin
Buspirone

42. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

43. Warfarin toxicity
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide

44. Neural tube defect prevention
High - dose steroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Folate

45. Carcinoid syndrome
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Octreotide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Demeclocycline - lithium

46. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
IFN- a
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tamoxifen
Amantadine/rimantadine

47. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

48. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Demeclocycline - lithium
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

49. Treponema pallidum
Spironolactone
Penicillin
Fibrate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

50. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamoxifen
SSRIs (first - line)