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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Folate deficiency
Folate
Benzodiazepines
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

2. Acute gout attack
Vitamin D supplementation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
NSAIDs - colchicine

3. Sickle cell anemia
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

4. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Heparin

5. Medical abortion
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fibrate
Warfarin
Mifepristone

6. Temporal arteritis
Sumatriptan
Imatinib
High - dose steroids
Sildenafil

7. Hyperaldosteronism
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Spironolactone

8. Prostate carcinoma
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Flutamide

9. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitor
Trastuzumab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

10. Hypercholesterolemia
Tamoxifen
Statin (first - line)
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

11. Long - term anticoagulation
Octreotide
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

12. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib

13. Toxoplasma gondii
Erythromycin
Antitoxin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

14. Neisseria meningitidis
Protamine sulfate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dantrolene
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

15. Depression
Indomethacin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs (first - line)

16. Cytomegalovirus
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ganciclovir
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate

17. Enterococci
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
D2 receptor antagonists

19. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Folate
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluids - insulin - K+

20. Anxiety
Buspirone
Fibrate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Methicillin/naficillin

21. Patent ductus arteriosus
Methicillin/naficillin
Indomethacin
NSAIDs - colchicine
High - dose steroids

22. Immediate anticoagulation
Ethosuximide
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
Oral KI

23. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Spironolactone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

24. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Vancomycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

25. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
Tamoxifen

26. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Statin (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamoxifen

27. Trichomonas vaginalis
Benzodiazepines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs (first - line)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

28. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Ganciclovir
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dantrolene
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

29. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin
Antitoxin

30. Treponema pallidum
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

31. Alcohol withdrawal
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral metronidazole
Benzodiazepines

32. Rickettsia rickettsii
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Demeclocycline - lithium

33. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Fibrate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

34. Multiple sclerosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Beta- interferon
Penicillin prophylaxis

35. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
D2 receptor antagonists
Fibrate
Demeclocycline - lithium

36. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

37. B12 deficiency
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Protamine sulfate
B12
SSRIs

38. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Sildenafil
Smoking cessation
Indomethacin

39. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Tamoxifen
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Vancomycin

40. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
SSRIs
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

41. Streptococcus pyogenes
SSRIs (first - line)
Ethosuximide
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Pheochromocytoma
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Aromatase inhibitor
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

43. Candida albicans
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

44. Erectile dysfunction
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sildenafil

45. Pulmonary hypertension
Mifepristone
Bosentan
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

46. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Beta- interferon
Penicillin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

47. Bipolar disorder
TMP- SMX
All - trans retinoic acid
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ethosuximide

48. Buerger's disease
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Smoking cessation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin

49. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Fibrate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Amantadine/rimantadine

50. Malignant hyperthermia
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Heparin
Spironolactone
Dantrolene