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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. ADHD
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

2. Cystic fibrosis
Oral metronidazole
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

3. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Spironolactone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

4. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

5. Ringworm infections
All - trans retinoic acid
Statin (first - line)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

6. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation
Indomethacin
Folate

7. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Sildenafil
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

8. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
IFN- a
Protamine sulfate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

9. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Oral metronidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fibrate
Imatinib

10. Anxiety
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Buspirone
Folate
Dantrolene

11. B12 deficiency
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
B12

12. Patent ductus arteriosus
Trastuzumab
D2 receptor antagonists
High - dose steroids
Indomethacin

13. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Octreotide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Trastuzumab

14. Cytomegalovirus
D2 receptor antagonists
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ganciclovir

15. Sickle cell anemia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Beta- interferon

16. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Bosentan

17. Anorexia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Beta- interferon
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs

18. Osteomalacia/rickets
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vitamin D supplementation
Heparin

19. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
D2 receptor antagonists
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin

20. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
D2 receptor antagonists

21. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Protamine sulfate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

22. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Octreotide
SSRIs
Sumatriptan

23. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
All - trans retinoic acid
Corticosteroids - infliximab
B12

24. Crohn's disease
Sildenafil
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
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

25. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
SSRIs (first - line)
Folate

26. Hypercholesterolemia
NSAIDs - colchicine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Statin (first - line)
Mifepristone

27. Pulmonary hypertension
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Bosentan
Octreotide
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

28. Prostate carcinoma
Folate
Antitoxin
Flutamide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

29. Malignant hyperthermia
Folate
Dantrolene
All - trans retinoic acid
Sildenafil

30. MRSA
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Folate

31. UTI prophylaxis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
TMP- SMX
Imatinib

32. Tonic - clonic seizures
Octreotide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Heparin

33. Immediate anticoagulation
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Heparin
Trastuzumab

34. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

35. Cryptococcus neoformans
Octreotide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Aromatase inhibitor

36. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Benzodiazepines

37. Heparin toxicity (acute)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Trastuzumab

38. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs (first - line)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Heparin

39. Depression
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone

40. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

41. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
SSRIs (first - line)

42. Treponema pallidum
Heparin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin

43. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mifepristone
Tamoxifen
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

44. Folate deficiency
Folate
Fluids - insulin - K+
Vitamin D supplementation
Heparin

45. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

46. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Oral KI
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

47. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

48. Carcinoid syndrome
Antitoxin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Octreotide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

49. Influenza
Beta- interferon
Amantadine/rimantadine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Trastuzumab

50. Multiple sclerosis
Octreotide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Beta- interferon
Corticosteroids - infliximab