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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Multiple sclerosis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Beta- interferon

2. Carcinoid syndrome
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vitamin D supplementation
Octreotide

3. Stable angina
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Smoking cessation
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin

4. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Heparin
Heparin
Erythromycin

5. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Bosentan
Heparin
Indomethacin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

6. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Flutamide
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Candida albicans
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

8. Cytomegalovirus
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
IFN- a
Ganciclovir
Vitamin D supplementation

9. SIADH
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Imatinib
Demeclocycline - lithium
Corticosteroids - infliximab

10. Pneumocystis jiroveci
5- ASA - infliximab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
All - trans retinoic acid

11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

12. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Vitamin D supplementation
Tamsulosin - finasteride

13. Clostridium botulinum
Dantrolene
Antitoxin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

14. Hypertriglyceridemia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Protamine sulfate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fibrate

15. Trichomonas vaginalis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

16. Sporothrix schenckii
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral KI

17. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Vancomycin
Folate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
D2 receptor antagonists

18. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
High - dose steroids

19. Ulcerative colitis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
5- ASA - infliximab

20. Migraine
Ethosuximide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Statin (first - line)
Sumatriptan

21. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs (first - line)

22. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
5- ASA - infliximab
Dantrolene
Ganciclovir

23. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
Warfarin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

24. Streptococcus bovis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Octreotide

25. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Imatinib
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

26. B12 deficiency
B12
TMP- SMX
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Bosentan

27. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

28. Immediate anticoagulation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Indomethacin

29. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
SSRIs
Imatinib
Amantadine/rimantadine

30. Osteomalacia/rickets
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ethosuximide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vitamin D supplementation

31. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Dantrolene
Erythromycin
Folate

32. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
D2 receptor antagonists
NSAIDs - colchicine

33. Diabetes insipidus
TMP- SMX
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

34. Bulimia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs
Ethosuximide

35. Staphylococcus aureus
Octreotide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Methicillin/naficillin
Beta- interferon

36. Alcohol withdrawal
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Benzodiazepines
Fibrate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

37. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin
Beta- interferon
5- ASA - infliximab

38. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Heparin

39. Streptococcus pyogenes
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mifepristone

40. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
High - dose steroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

41. Depression
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs (first - line)
Warfarin
Beta- interferon

42. Hypercholesterolemia
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)
Oral metronidazole
Mifepristone

43. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

44. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Protamine sulfate
Folate
Tamoxifen
Aromatase inhibitor

45. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Benzodiazepines
NSAIDs - colchicine

46. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines
Protamine sulfate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

47. ADHD
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
All - trans retinoic acid
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Enterococci
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)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

49. Legionella pneumophila
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Erythromycin
Oral KI
Heparin

50. Warfarin toxicity
Sildenafil
Flutamide
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)