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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Bipolar disorder
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
B12
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

2. MRSA
Vancomycin
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Smoking cessation

3. Patent ductus arteriosus
Oral metronidazole
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Indomethacin

4. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Sumatriptan
Trastuzumab

5. Warfarin toxicity
Statin (first - line)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

6. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Methicillin/naficillin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Oral metronidazole

7. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Folate

8. Carcinoid syndrome
B12
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Octreotide

9. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Indomethacin
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis

10. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Bosentan
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin

11. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

12. Temporal arteritis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
High - dose steroids
SSRIs
Antitoxin

13. Ringworm infections
Oral KI
Demeclocycline - lithium
Dantrolene
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

14. Hypercholesterolemia
D2 receptor antagonists
Statin (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Smoking cessation

15. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Aromatase inhibitor

16. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Aromatase inhibitor
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Imatinib

17. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Indomethacin
Heparin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

18. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

19. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Ganciclovir
Heparin
TMP- SMX

20. Heparin toxicity (acute)
B12
Protamine sulfate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
D2 receptor antagonists

21. Trichomonas vaginalis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Methicillin/naficillin

22. Medical abortion
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Oral KI
Mifepristone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

23. Streptococcus pyogenes
Benzodiazepines
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate

24. Prolactinoma
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Beta- interferon
Heparin

25. Anxiety
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
D2 receptor antagonists

26. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Erythromycin
Antitoxin
Octreotide

27. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ethosuximide

28. Prostate carcinoma
Octreotide
Spironolactone
Indomethacin
Flutamide

29. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Methicillin/naficillin

30. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin

31. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

32. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Bosentan

33. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Protamine sulfate
Folate
Antitoxin

34. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

35. Hyperaldosteronism
Ganciclovir
Demeclocycline - lithium
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

36. Hypertriglyceridemia
Ethosuximide
Fibrate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

37. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Imatinib
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

38. Staphylococcus aureus
Vancomycin
Methicillin/naficillin
Octreotide
Heparin

39. UTI prophylaxis
Methicillin/naficillin
Sildenafil
Octreotide
TMP- SMX

40. Folate deficiency
5- ASA - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin
Folate
Amantadine/rimantadine

41. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
IFN- a
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin

42. Influenza
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

43. Pheochromocytoma
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

44. Candida albicans
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs (first - line)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

45. Infertility
TMP- SMX
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

46. Bulimia
SSRIs
IFN- a
Beta- interferon
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

47. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Amantadine/rimantadine
Aromatase inhibitor
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

48. Depression
Tamsulosin - finasteride
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
SSRIs (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

49. Neural tube defect prevention
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
High - dose steroids
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)

50. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Spironolactone
Fluids - insulin - K+