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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Carcinoid syndrome
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Beta- interferon
Octreotide
Sildenafil

2. Osteomalacia/rickets
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin

3. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Ganciclovir
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

4. Prostate carcinoma
Imatinib
Protamine sulfate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Flutamide

5. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Erythromycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

6. Prolactinoma
5- ASA - infliximab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

7. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Flutamide
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Alcohol abuse
Corticosteroids - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Statin (first - line)
Sildenafil

9. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Aromatase inhibitor
Warfarin
D2 receptor antagonists
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

10. Ringworm infections
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

11. Anorexia
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs

12. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Penicillin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

13. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Oral metronidazole
Flutamide
High - dose steroids

14. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Spironolactone
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vancomycin

15. MRSA
Spironolactone
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

16. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sildenafil
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Dantrolene
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

17. SIADH
Protamine sulfate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Demeclocycline - lithium

18. Pheochromocytoma
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
IFN- a
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Benzodiazepines

19. Malignant hyperthermia
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
Dantrolene

20. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Folate
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis

21. Clostridium tetani
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- ASA - infliximab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

22. Warfarin toxicity
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

23. Streptococcus pyogenes
SSRIs (first - line)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ethosuximide

24. Alcohol withdrawal
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Dantrolene
SSRIs (first - line)

25. Buerger's disease
Methicillin/naficillin
Aromatase inhibitor
Bosentan
Smoking cessation

26. Chronic hepatitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a

27. Ulcerative colitis
Smoking cessation
Imatinib
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- ASA - infliximab

28. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Statin (first - line)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

29. Rickettsia rickettsii
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
All - trans retinoic acid
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

30. Chronic gout
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

31. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Erythromycin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

32. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral KI

33. B12 deficiency
B12
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Heparin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

34. Cytomegalovirus
Vitamin D supplementation
Vancomycin
Ganciclovir
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

35. Hypertriglyceridemia
Imatinib
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

36. Crohn's disease
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Tamoxifen
Vancomycin

37. Folate deficiency
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Folate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

38. Enterococci
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

39. Chlamydia trachomatis
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

40. Streptococcus pneumoniae
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dantrolene
Heparin

41. Multiple sclerosis
Trastuzumab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Spironolactone
Beta- interferon

42. Tonic - clonic seizures
B12
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

43. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Methicillin/naficillin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Vitamin D supplementation

44. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab
Folate
Ganciclovir

45. Cystic fibrosis
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

46. Legionella pneumophila
Tamoxifen
Erythromycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
IFN- a

47. Anxiety
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Buspirone
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

48. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Bosentan
D2 receptor antagonists
B12
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

49. Wegener's granulomatosis
SSRIs (first - line)
Trastuzumab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Protamine sulfate

50. Candida albicans
Sildenafil
High - dose steroids
Warfarin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)