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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Protamine sulfate

2. Folate deficiency
Buspirone
Folate
Oral metronidazole
Amantadine/rimantadine

3. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Warfarin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin

4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Methicillin/naficillin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Spironolactone

5. Alcohol withdrawal
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)
Benzodiazepines

6. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sildenafil
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

7. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

8. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
All - trans retinoic acid
D2 receptor antagonists

9. Ulcerative colitis
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab
IFN- a
Folate

10. Trichomonas vaginalis
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

11. Enterococci
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. Bulimia
Smoking cessation
Warfarin
SSRIs
Demeclocycline - lithium

13. Staphylococcus aureus
IFN- a
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Trastuzumab
Methicillin/naficillin

14. Sporothrix schenckii
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ethosuximide
Oral KI
Smoking cessation

15. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Flutamide

16. Hyperaldosteronism
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs (first - line)
Spironolactone
Indomethacin

17. Chronic gout
Penicillin prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- ASA - infliximab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
IFN- a

19. Ringworm infections
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

20. Treponema pallidum
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Indomethacin
Penicillin
Dantrolene

21. Alcohol abuse
Indomethacin
Folate
Sumatriptan
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

22. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Octreotide
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

23. Pulmonary hypertension
Sildenafil
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Bosentan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

24. Medical abortion
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mifepristone
Imatinib

25. Cryptococcus neoformans
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

26. Infertility
Oral metronidazole
Ethosuximide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

27. Carcinoid syndrome
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin prophylaxis
Octreotide
High - dose steroids

28. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- ASA - infliximab

29. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Dantrolene
5- ASA - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Aromatase inhibitor

30. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Smoking cessation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

31. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Spironolactone
Indomethacin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

32. Prostate carcinoma
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Flutamide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

33. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral KI
Beta- interferon

34. Temporal arteritis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
High - dose steroids
Warfarin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

35. Streptococcus pyogenes
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis

36. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

37. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Trastuzumab

38. Immediate anticoagulation
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin

39. Neisseria meningitidis
Beta- interferon
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir

40. Migraine
Demeclocycline - lithium
High - dose steroids
Statin (first - line)
Sumatriptan

41. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Vitamin D supplementation
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Warfarin

42. Sickle cell anemia
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Flutamide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

43. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Heparin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

44. Hypercholesterolemia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Statin (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

45. Crohn's disease
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

46. Multiple sclerosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
Beta- interferon

47. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

48. Bipolar disorder
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Methicillin/naficillin

49. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

50. MRSA
Ganciclovir
Methicillin/naficillin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin