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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Immediate anticoagulation
Imatinib
Bosentan
Flutamide
Heparin

2. Malignant hyperthermia
NSAIDs - colchicine
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dantrolene

3. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
High - dose steroids
Warfarin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

4. Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Benzodiazepines
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

5. Bulimia
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vitamin D supplementation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

6. Clostridium tetani
Beta- interferon
All - trans retinoic acid
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

7. Cytomegalovirus
Erythromycin
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Ganciclovir

8. Clostridium botulinum
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Aromatase inhibitor
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antitoxin

9. Prolactinoma
Fibrate
Penicillin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

10. Stable angina
Smoking cessation
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

11. Alcohol withdrawal
Mifepristone
Benzodiazepines
Fibrate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

12. Infertility
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Buspirone
Oral KI

13. Neural tube defect prevention
Imatinib
Sildenafil
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

14. Treponema pallidum
Octreotide
Sildenafil
Heparin
Penicillin

15. Hyperaldosteronism
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Folate
Spironolactone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

16. UTI prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
TMP- SMX

17. Chlamydia trachomatis
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

18. Streptococcus bovis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

19. ADHD
Penicillin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium

20. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

21. Trichomonas vaginalis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Benzodiazepines
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

22. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Flutamide
Protamine sulfate
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

23. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vitamin D supplementation

24. Staphylococcus aureus
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methicillin/naficillin

25. Diabetes insipidus
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

26. Chronic hepatitis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
IFN- a
SSRIs
All - trans retinoic acid

27. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vitamin D supplementation

28. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
SSRIs (first - line)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

29. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ethosuximide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

30. Chronic gout
Warfarin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
TMP- SMX

31. Osteomalacia/rickets
Benzodiazepines
Vitamin D supplementation
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI

32. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Bosentan

33. Clostridium difficile
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral metronidazole

34. Heparin toxicity (acute)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Protamine sulfate
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

35. Erectile dysfunction
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sildenafil
Benzodiazepines
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

36. Cystic fibrosis
Buspirone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

37. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Heparin

38. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- ASA - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

39. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
D2 receptor antagonists
Vitamin D supplementation

40. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Protamine sulfate
Antitoxin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Erythromycin

41. Candida albicans
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Aromatase inhibitor

42. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Heparin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Beta- interferon

43. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Penicillin
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

44. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs

45. Tonic - clonic seizures
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Bosentan
Warfarin

46. Buerger's disease
Warfarin
Smoking cessation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

47. Carcinoid syndrome
Vancomycin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sildenafil
Octreotide

48. Alcohol abuse
Fluids - insulin - K+
D2 receptor antagonists
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ganciclovir

49. Toxoplasma gondii
Amantadine/rimantadine
Octreotide
Folate
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

50. Prostate carcinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Flutamide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sildenafil