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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Legionella pneumophila
SSRIs (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Erythromycin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

2. Depression
Heparin
TMP- SMX
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs (first - line)

3. Malaria
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide

4. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Vitamin D supplementation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Protamine sulfate
Amantadine/rimantadine

5. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Indomethacin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation

6. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
TMP- SMX
B12

7. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mifepristone
Heparin

8. Influenza
Flutamide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide

9. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Erythromycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Statin (first - line)

10. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
B12
Bosentan

11. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
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
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. B12 deficiency
B12
Folate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ethosuximide

13. Patent ductus arteriosus
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate
Indomethacin
Buspirone

14. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
All - trans retinoic acid
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

15. Treponema pallidum
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Buspirone
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

17. Osteomalacia/rickets
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Beta- interferon
Vitamin D supplementation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

18. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Trastuzumab
Imatinib

19. Pheochromocytoma
Vitamin D supplementation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
TMP- SMX

20. MRSA
Vitamin D supplementation
Mifepristone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin

21. Migraine
Oral metronidazole
Sumatriptan
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

22. Anxiety
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Heparin
Buspirone

23. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Spironolactone
IFN- a

24. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Oral KI

25. Streptococcus pyogenes
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin prophylaxis

26. Multiple sclerosis
Ethosuximide
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin
Beta- interferon

27. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Trastuzumab
Heparin
TMP- SMX

28. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

29. Cystic fibrosis
Fibrate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

30. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Dantrolene
Heparin

31. Clostridium difficile
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Oral metronidazole

32. UTI prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
TMP- SMX

33. Trichomonas vaginalis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

34. Buerger's disease
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

35. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Dantrolene
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Statin (first - line)

36. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs
B12
Demeclocycline - lithium

37. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Beta- interferon
Erythromycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

38. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Buspirone
Tamoxifen
Sildenafil

39. Hyperaldosteronism
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
D2 receptor antagonists
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis

40. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
All - trans retinoic acid
Bosentan
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

41. Sickle cell anemia
SSRIs
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

42. Toxoplasma gondii
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Beta- interferon
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
NSAIDs - colchicine

43. Chronic hepatitis
5- ASA - infliximab
IFN- a
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
All - trans retinoic acid

44. Bipolar disorder
Penicillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Protamine sulfate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

45. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Oral KI
Penicillin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

46. Clostridium botulinum
Oral KI
Antitoxin
SSRIs
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

47. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamoxifen
Demeclocycline - lithium

48. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Flutamide
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Fluids - insulin - K+

49. Stable angina
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine
D2 receptor antagonists
Sublingual nitroglycerin

50. Ulcerative colitis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral KI
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- ASA - infliximab