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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

2. Neural tube defect prevention
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Folate

3. Legionella pneumophila
Folate
Warfarin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Erythromycin

4. Clostridium botulinum
Smoking cessation
Antitoxin
Heparin
B12

5. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Bosentan

6. Temporal arteritis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
High - dose steroids
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

7. Hyperaldosteronism
Sildenafil
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Buspirone
Spironolactone

8. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

9. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Erythromycin

10. Treponema pallidum
Octreotide
Penicillin
Flutamide
SSRIs

11. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Buspirone
Indomethacin

12. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Folate
TMP- SMX
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

13. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Oral metronidazole
Imatinib
Trastuzumab

14. Carcinoid syndrome
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Octreotide
Fibrate

15. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
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)

16. MRSA
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

17. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX
Aromatase inhibitor
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

18. Staphylococcus aureus
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral metronidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

19. Chlamydia trachomatis
Sildenafil
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

20. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Fibrate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

21. Anxiety
Oral KI
Buspirone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

22. Multiple sclerosis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Beta- interferon
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate

23. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Fibrate
Oral metronidazole
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

24. Ulcerative colitis
Statin (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluids - insulin - K+
5- ASA - infliximab

25. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Statin (first - line)

26. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Fluids - insulin - K+

27. Cytomegalovirus
5- ASA - infliximab
Beta- interferon
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ganciclovir

28. Sporothrix schenckii
Folate
Spironolactone
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Oral KI

29. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fibrate

30. Enterococci
Bosentan
TMP- SMX
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

31. B12 deficiency
Octreotide
Beta- interferon
Warfarin
B12

32. Sickle cell anemia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Erythromycin

33. Folate deficiency
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Folate
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin

34. Wegener's granulomatosis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Flutamide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sumatriptan

35. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Folate
Spironolactone

36. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Aromatase inhibitor
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

37. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antitoxin
D2 receptor antagonists
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

38. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Beta- interferon
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Buspirone

39. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Imatinib

40. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
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. Clostridium tetani
Tamoxifen
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide

42. Hypertriglyceridemia
Statin (first - line)
Vitamin D supplementation
Mifepristone
Fibrate

43. Infertility
B12
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

44. Clostridium difficile
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral metronidazole
Octreotide
Sumatriptan

45. SIADH
Octreotide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs

46. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Trastuzumab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

47. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Beta- interferon
SSRIs

48. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Heparin
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)

49. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

50. Migraine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Sumatriptan
Methicillin/naficillin