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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dantrolene
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

2. Neural tube defect prevention
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Folate
Smoking cessation
Corticosteroids - infliximab

3. Candida albicans
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Statin (first - line)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

4. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

5. Temporal arteritis
Imatinib
Oral KI
Methicillin/naficillin
High - dose steroids

6. Pheochromocytoma
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Flutamide

7. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
NSAIDs - colchicine
Flutamide
SSRIs (first - line)

8. Acute gout attack
Fibrate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
TMP- SMX
NSAIDs - colchicine

9. Neisseria meningitidis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mifepristone

10. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Buspirone
Bosentan
Protamine sulfate

11. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin
SSRIs (first - line)

12. Chronic gout
Mifepristone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Indomethacin
5- ASA - infliximab

13. Clostridium difficile
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Oral metronidazole
Trastuzumab

14. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

15. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vancomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

16. Rickettsia rickettsii
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Oral metronidazole

17. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
D2 receptor antagonists
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Warfarin

18. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sildenafil
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fibrate

19. Prolactinoma
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fibrate
Bosentan

20. Hypercholesterolemia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Statin (first - line)
Amantadine/rimantadine

21. Cytomegalovirus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

22. Carcinoid syndrome
Methicillin/naficillin
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone

23. Prostate carcinoma
TMP- SMX
Flutamide
Dantrolene
Demeclocycline - lithium

24. Depression
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
B12
SSRIs (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

25. Treponema pallidum
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dantrolene

26. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

27. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Warfarin
High - dose steroids
Tamoxifen
NSAIDs - colchicine

28. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Smoking cessation
D2 receptor antagonists
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Buspirone

29. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs (first - line)

30. MRSA
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

31. Malignant hyperthermia
Aromatase inhibitor
Antitoxin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Dantrolene

32. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Imatinib
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Aromatase inhibitor

33. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor

34. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs
Warfarin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

35. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin prophylaxis
IFN- a
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

36. Clostridium tetani
Smoking cessation
5- ASA - infliximab
Sildenafil
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

37. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Aromatase inhibitor
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

38. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Oral KI
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

39. Sickle cell anemia
Beta- interferon
Flutamide
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
SSRIs

40. Clostridium botulinum
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

41. SIADH
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral KI
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Demeclocycline - lithium

42. Pulmonary hypertension
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Mifepristone
Bosentan

43. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

44. Diabetes insipidus
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Smoking cessation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

45. Ringworm infections
D2 receptor antagonists
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
TMP- SMX
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Tonic - clonic seizures
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral KI
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

47. Cryptococcus neoformans
Folate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
High - dose steroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

48. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Heparin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

49. Migraine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
IFN- a
Sumatriptan

50. Streptococcus bovis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ganciclovir
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis