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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Anorexia
Ethosuximide
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis

2. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Beta- interferon
Warfarin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

3. Pneumocystis jiroveci
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin
Trastuzumab

4. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mifepristone
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 prophylaxis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

5. Temporal arteritis
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Beta- interferon

6. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

7. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab

8. Diabetes insipidus
Fibrate
Antitoxin
Warfarin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

9. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin
SSRIs

10. SIADH
Buspirone
Flutamide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Demeclocycline - lithium

11. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
All - trans retinoic acid
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis

12. Crohn's disease
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fibrate
Imatinib
Corticosteroids - infliximab

13. Malignant hyperthermia
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Dantrolene
Folate
Oral KI

14. Ulcerative colitis
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- ASA - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

15. Chronic gout
Amantadine/rimantadine
Smoking cessation
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

16. Buerger's disease
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Ganciclovir
Amantadine/rimantadine
Smoking cessation

17. Migraine
TMP- SMX
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

18. Prostate carcinoma
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ethosuximide
Flutamide
Sublingual nitroglycerin

19. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Buspirone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

20. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Tamoxifen
Heparin
Ethosuximide
Protamine sulfate

21. Candida albicans
D2 receptor antagonists
Indomethacin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

22. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Protamine sulfate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin

23. Clostridium botulinum
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
Bosentan
Antitoxin

24. Erectile dysfunction
Heparin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sildenafil
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

25. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)

26. Carcinoid syndrome
Beta- interferon
Vitamin D supplementation
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Octreotide

27. Acute gout attack
Heparin
B12
NSAIDs - colchicine
Spironolactone

28. Multiple sclerosis
B12
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
Beta- interferon

29. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs
Heparin

30. Medical abortion
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mifepristone

31. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Protamine sulfate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Aromatase inhibitor

32. Pulmonary hypertension
Aromatase inhibitor
Bosentan
Folate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

33. Long - term anticoagulation
Dantrolene
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Warfarin

34. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Imatinib

35. Streptococcus pneumoniae
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)
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab

36. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fibrate
Folate

37. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
TMP- SMX
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Erythromycin

38. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Erythromycin
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists

39. Sickle cell anemia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Smoking cessation
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

40. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin

41. Neural tube defect prevention
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vitamin D supplementation
Folate

42. Chronic hepatitis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
IFN- a
Fluids - insulin - K+
Erythromycin

43. Osteomalacia/rickets
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vitamin D supplementation

44. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dantrolene
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

45. Cystic fibrosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sildenafil

46. Staphylococcus aureus
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral KI

47. Immediate anticoagulation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

48. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Spironolactone

49. Stable angina
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin

50. Cryptococcus neoformans
Mifepristone
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)