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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Beta- interferon

2. Streptococcus bovis
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin
Heparin

3. Hyperaldosteronism
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate
Spironolactone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Warfarin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

5. Medical abortion
Warfarin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Mifepristone

6. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Sumatriptan
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX

7. Chlamydia trachomatis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Flutamide

8. Buerger's disease
Protamine sulfate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Trastuzumab
Smoking cessation

9. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
B12
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Tamoxifen

10. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs (first - line)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

11. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

12. Prostate carcinoma
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Flutamide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

13. UTI prophylaxis
Warfarin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX
Spironolactone

14. Stable angina
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)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Tamoxifen

15. Long - term anticoagulation
Mifepristone
Warfarin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

16. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Beta- interferon
Sildenafil
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Dantrolene

17. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Buspirone
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
Smoking cessation

18. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone
Penicillin

19. Erectile dysfunction
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil
Indomethacin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

20. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Flutamide
Vancomycin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

21. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sumatriptan
SSRIs

22. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Trastuzumab
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

23. Influenza
Statin (first - line)
IFN- a
Amantadine/rimantadine
Antitoxin

24. Treponema pallidum
Sumatriptan
Beta- interferon
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin

25. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

26. SIADH
Erythromycin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Demeclocycline - lithium

27. Wegener's granulomatosis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Octreotide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

28. Clostridium difficile
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Oral metronidazole

29. Ringworm infections
D2 receptor antagonists
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

30. Bulimia
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)

31. Anorexia
Demeclocycline - lithium
Sildenafil
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole

32. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tamoxifen
Imatinib

33. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fluids - insulin - K+
All - trans retinoic acid

34. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Erythromycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

35. Legionella pneumophila
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Imatinib
Erythromycin

36. Neural tube defect prevention
Oral KI
Folate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

37. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Mifepristone
Ganciclovir
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

38. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Protamine sulfate
Benzodiazepines

39. Sporothrix schenckii
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone
Oral KI

40. Depression
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

41. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

42. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Antitoxin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fibrate
NSAIDs - colchicine

43. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

44. Folate deficiency
Buspirone
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

45. Staphylococcus aureus
Flutamide
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin

46. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Sildenafil
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral metronidazole

47. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Antitoxin
Methicillin/naficillin
All - trans retinoic acid

48. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral KI

49. Candida albicans
Ganciclovir
Demeclocycline - lithium
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

50. Carcinoid syndrome
Ethosuximide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Octreotide
Penicillin prophylaxis