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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pulmonary hypertension
NSAIDs - colchicine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bosentan

2. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ethosuximide
Protamine sulfate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

3. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

4. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Ethosuximide
Penicillin
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

5. Migraine
D2 receptor antagonists
Fluids - insulin - K+
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sumatriptan

6. Crohn's disease
Warfarin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vancomycin
Heparin

7. Legionella pneumophila
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Benzodiazepines
Erythromycin
Protamine sulfate

8. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

9. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Oral KI
Trastuzumab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

10. Staphylococcus aureus
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Methicillin/naficillin

11. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Aromatase inhibitor
Trastuzumab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

12. Bulimia
Imatinib
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)

13. Immediate anticoagulation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Heparin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

14. Streptococcus pyogenes
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Flutamide

15. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Folate
Spironolactone
Tamoxifen
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

16. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
TMP- SMX
Folate
Imatinib
D2 receptor antagonists

17. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Bosentan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Smoking cessation

18. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Fibrate
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

19. Malaria
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antitoxin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
All - trans retinoic acid

20. Bipolar disorder
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Dantrolene
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

21. Malignant hyperthermia
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dantrolene
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral KI

22. Hypertriglyceridemia
Folate
Fibrate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs

23. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Buspirone
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

24. Neural tube defect prevention
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Heparin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

25. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Trastuzumab

26. Enterococci
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ganciclovir
Amantadine/rimantadine

27. Long - term anticoagulation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bosentan
Warfarin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

28. Sickle cell anemia
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sumatriptan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Aromatase inhibitor

29. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Warfarin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

30. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate

31. Hypercholesterolemia
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Statin (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Heparin

32. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Spironolactone
B12
Amantadine/rimantadine
Heparin

33. Stable angina
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Ethosuximide
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin prophylaxis

34. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral metronidazole
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

35. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Benzodiazepines
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Beta- interferon

36. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

37. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin
Tamoxifen

38. B12 deficiency
Oral metronidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
B12

39. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vitamin D supplementation
Warfarin
Trastuzumab

40. Clostridium difficile
Vancomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan
Oral metronidazole

41. Streptococcus bovis
All - trans retinoic acid
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Flutamide
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Cytomegalovirus
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Bosentan
Statin (first - line)
Ganciclovir

43. Hyperaldosteronism
Antitoxin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Spironolactone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

44. Medical abortion
SSRIs (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone

45. Diabetes mellitus type 1
5- ASA - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

46. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Trastuzumab
Ganciclovir
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

47. MRSA
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin
Heparin
Benzodiazepines

48. Depression
Folate
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral KI

49. Erectile dysfunction
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Sildenafil
Aromatase inhibitor
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

50. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Trastuzumab
Imatinib
TMP- SMX
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)