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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Demeclocycline - lithium
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Erythromycin
Trastuzumab

2. Infertility
Folate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

3. Osteomalacia/rickets
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
Buspirone

4. Carcinoid syndrome
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Trastuzumab
Octreotide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

5. Streptococcus pyogenes
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Smoking cessation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin prophylaxis

6. Neural tube defect prevention
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

7. Enterococci
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Protamine sulfate
Indomethacin

8. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Benzodiazepines
Tamoxifen

9. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Flutamide
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

10. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Imatinib
Protamine sulfate
Corticosteroids - infliximab

11. Diabetes insipidus
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Imatinib
Folate

12. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Warfarin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Trastuzumab

13. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
High - dose steroids
Sildenafil
Oral metronidazole

14. Alcohol withdrawal
Imatinib
Benzodiazepines
Methicillin/naficillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

15. Chronic hepatitis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dantrolene
IFN- a

16. Cystic fibrosis
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

17. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

18. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Indomethacin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

19. MRSA
Aromatase inhibitor
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin
Amantadine/rimantadine

20. ADHD
TMP- SMX
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fibrate

21. Cryptococcus neoformans
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

22. Anxiety
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
All - trans retinoic acid
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Buspirone

23. Candida albicans
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

24. Sickle cell anemia
High - dose steroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antitoxin

25. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Statin (first - line)

26. Sporothrix schenckii
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral KI

27. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dantrolene
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

28. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs (first - line)

29. Hypercholesterolemia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Erythromycin
Statin (first - line)

30. Cytomegalovirus
Amantadine/rimantadine
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/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ganciclovir

31. Influenza
SSRIs
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

32. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
TMP- SMX

33. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
D2 receptor antagonists
Ethosuximide

34. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs

35. Legionella pneumophila
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Erythromycin
Fluids - insulin - K+

36. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
High - dose steroids
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

37. Temporal arteritis
Antitoxin
High - dose steroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin

38. Prostate carcinoma
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Imatinib
Bosentan
Flutamide

39. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
SSRIs
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
All - trans retinoic acid
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

40. Malignant hyperthermia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dantrolene

41. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Bosentan
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

42. Prolactinoma
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
High - dose steroids

43. Buerger's disease
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Smoking cessation
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

44. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

45. Neisseria meningitidis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

46. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate
Protamine sulfate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

47. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
All - trans retinoic acid
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Multiple sclerosis
IFN- a
Beta- interferon
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bosentan

49. B12 deficiency
Indomethacin
Flutamide
Vitamin D supplementation
B12

50. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Beta- interferon
SSRIs
Smoking cessation