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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral KI
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Imatinib

2. Warfarin toxicity
TMP- SMX
Aromatase inhibitor
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

3. Multiple sclerosis
Bosentan
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Beta- interferon
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

4. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
IFN- a

5. B12 deficiency
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

6. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ganciclovir

7. Streptococcus pyogenes
Antitoxin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Pulmonary hypertension
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Trastuzumab
5- ASA - infliximab
Bosentan

9. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Erythromycin
Ganciclovir

10. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Warfarin
Ganciclovir
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+

11. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Heparin
Erythromycin
D2 receptor antagonists

12. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Mifepristone
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

13. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Beta- interferon
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

14. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

15. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
TMP- SMX
Penicillin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

16. Wegener's granulomatosis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

17. Crohn's disease
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Aromatase inhibitor

18. Enterococci
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone
Tamoxifen
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

19. Temporal arteritis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Erythromycin
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

20. Legionella pneumophila
Amantadine/rimantadine
Erythromycin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

21. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Vitamin D supplementation
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

22. Carcinoid syndrome
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamoxifen
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)

23. Osteomalacia/rickets
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin
Vitamin D supplementation

24. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ganciclovir

25. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fibrate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

26. Prolactinoma
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
IFN- a
Mifepristone

27. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
NSAIDs - colchicine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluids - insulin - K+

28. Diabetes insipidus
Antitoxin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin

29. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
D2 receptor antagonists
Ethosuximide
Aromatase inhibitor

30. Malignant hyperthermia
SSRIs
Flutamide
Dantrolene
Antitoxin

31. Pheochromocytoma
Vitamin D supplementation
Folate
Warfarin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

32. Rickettsia rickettsii
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

33. Sickle cell anemia
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral KI
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

34. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

35. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Aromatase inhibitor
Methicillin/naficillin

36. Folate deficiency
NSAIDs - colchicine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate

37. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fibrate
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Statin (first - line)

38. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis

39. Alcohol abuse
Sumatriptan
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

40. Absence seizures
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide

41. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Trastuzumab
Methicillin/naficillin

42. Hypercholesterolemia
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

43. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Vancomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

44. Ringworm infections
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ganciclovir
IFN- a

45. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Imatinib
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

46. Clostridium difficile
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral metronidazole
Mifepristone
Heparin

47. SIADH
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Trastuzumab

48. Neural tube defect prevention
Sildenafil
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Folate

49. Immediate anticoagulation
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX
Heparin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

50. Malaria
Penicillin
Oral metronidazole
Spironolactone
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)