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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Neural tube defect prevention
IFN- a
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Trastuzumab

2. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Smoking cessation

3. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Methicillin/naficillin

4. Clostridium difficile
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Antitoxin
Folate

5. Buerger's disease
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Smoking cessation
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine

6. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

7. Erectile dysfunction
High - dose steroids
Sildenafil
Heparin
TMP- SMX

8. Depression
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs (first - line)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Amantadine/rimantadine

9. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Dantrolene
Protamine sulfate

10. Alcohol withdrawal
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methicillin/naficillin
Vitamin D supplementation
Benzodiazepines

11. Streptococcus bovis
Heparin
Ethosuximide
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis

12. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Oral metronidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Demeclocycline - lithium

13. Pulmonary hypertension
NSAIDs - colchicine
Erythromycin
Bosentan
Flutamide

14. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
IFN- a
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

15. Infertility
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Statin (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

16. Chlamydia trachomatis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

17. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Smoking cessation
Benzodiazepines
Spironolactone

18. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Statin (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ethosuximide

19. Anxiety
Ethosuximide
Buspirone
Fibrate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

20. Immediate anticoagulation
Oral KI
Heparin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Mifepristone

21. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Protamine sulfate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Folate

22. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis

23. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Spironolactone
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
B12

24. B12 deficiency
B12
Erythromycin
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)

25. Influenza
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor

26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Dantrolene
Vancomycin

27. Staphylococcus aureus
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Methicillin/naficillin
Demeclocycline - lithium
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

28. MRSA
SSRIs
Folate
Oral KI
Vancomycin

29. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Oral metronidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

30. Bulimia
Antitoxin
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

31. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bosentan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

32. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Smoking cessation
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
Fluids - insulin - K+

33. Alcohol abuse
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
Oral KI
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

34. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Spironolactone
Sildenafil
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

35. Osteomalacia/rickets
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vitamin D supplementation
All - trans retinoic acid
Heparin

36. Prolactinoma
Beta- interferon
B12
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

37. Trichomonas vaginalis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamoxifen
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

38. Cryptococcus neoformans
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Oral metronidazole
IFN- a

39. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Erythromycin
Aromatase inhibitor
Trastuzumab

40. Anorexia
Ethosuximide
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs
Protamine sulfate

41. Carcinoid syndrome
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Oral KI

42. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

43. Medical abortion
High - dose steroids
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Mifepristone

44. Bipolar disorder
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
High - dose steroids
Benzodiazepines
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

45. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
NSAIDs - colchicine
Imatinib
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

46. Pheochromocytoma
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
High - dose steroids
Penicillin prophylaxis

47. Diabetes insipidus
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin

48. Cytomegalovirus
SSRIs (first - line)
Ganciclovir
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

49. Migraine
Antitoxin
Sumatriptan
Buspirone
Methicillin/naficillin

50. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
B12
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)