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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. SIADH
Penicillin prophylaxis
Demeclocycline - lithium
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

2. Pheochromocytoma
Sumatriptan
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

3. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

4. Immediate anticoagulation
Fibrate
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

5. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

6. Stable angina
Dantrolene
Sublingual nitroglycerin
All - trans retinoic acid
Buspirone

7. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs

8. B12 deficiency
Folate
B12
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

9. Anxiety
Penicillin prophylaxis
Buspirone
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

10. Chronic hepatitis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
IFN- a

11. Clostridium difficile
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen
Oral metronidazole
High - dose steroids

12. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin
Buspirone

13. Bipolar disorder
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
All - trans retinoic acid

14. Sporothrix schenckii
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Statin (first - line)
Oral KI

15. Diabetes insipidus
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fibrate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin

16. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ethosuximide
Beta- interferon
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

17. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Aromatase inhibitor
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

18. Malignant hyperthermia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

19. Multiple sclerosis
Bosentan
NSAIDs - colchicine
Beta- interferon
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

20. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone
Vitamin D supplementation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

21. Wegener's granulomatosis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amantadine/rimantadine

22. Medical abortion
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Mifepristone

23. Malaria
Trastuzumab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

24. Rickettsia rickettsii
Imatinib
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

25. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methicillin/naficillin
Bosentan
SSRIs

26. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Erythromycin
Tamoxifen
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

27. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan

28. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

29. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Buspirone
Heparin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

30. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
All - trans retinoic acid
B12
Beta- interferon

31. Hypercholesterolemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Octreotide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Statin (first - line)

32. Crohn's disease
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

33. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

34. Absence seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole

35. Depression
Sumatriptan
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sildenafil

36. Folate deficiency
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fibrate
Folate

37. Streptococcus pyogenes
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

38. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bosentan
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

39. Enterococci
Erythromycin
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

40. Buerger's disease
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
IFN- a
Smoking cessation
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

41. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

42. Ringworm infections
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

43. Temporal arteritis
Vitamin D supplementation
Trastuzumab
High - dose steroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

44. Warfarin toxicity
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dantrolene
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

45. Influenza
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

46. Erectile dysfunction
Erythromycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Sildenafil
Tamoxifen

47. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

48. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral metronidazole

49. Alcohol withdrawal
IFN- a
Flutamide
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Benzodiazepines

50. Cystic fibrosis
Protamine sulfate
Vitamin D supplementation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)