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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Buerger's disease
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Trastuzumab
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation

2. Ringworm infections
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate

3. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

4. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Methicillin/naficillin
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

5. Hypercholesterolemia
High - dose steroids
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
TMP- SMX

6. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Folate
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin
D2 receptor antagonists

7. Patent ductus arteriosus
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Indomethacin

8. Bulimia
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Indomethacin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

9. Chronic gout
Vitamin D supplementation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

10. Immediate anticoagulation
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Heparin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

11. UTI prophylaxis
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

12. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bosentan
Protamine sulfate

13. Prostate carcinoma
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Flutamide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

14. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

15. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Octreotide
Trastuzumab

16. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin

17. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a
Flutamide
Fluids - insulin - K+

18. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

19. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate

20. Hypertriglyceridemia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- ASA - infliximab
Fibrate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

21. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
B12
Mifepristone

22. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ethosuximide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

23. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

24. Clostridium difficile
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral metronidazole
Tamoxifen

25. Candida albicans
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

26. Cystic fibrosis
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral KI
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

27. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
NSAIDs - colchicine

28. Enterococci
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Aromatase inhibitor

29. Erectile dysfunction
Trastuzumab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sildenafil

30. Malignant hyperthermia
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
B12
Oral KI

31. Neural tube defect prevention
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate

32. Hyperaldosteronism
Demeclocycline - lithium
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

33. Cytomegalovirus
High - dose steroids
Ganciclovir
Fluids - insulin - K+
Octreotide

34. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis

35. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Beta- interferon
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

36. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

37. Warfarin toxicity
Sumatriptan
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

38. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole

39. Cryptococcus neoformans
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone
IFN- a
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

40. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Protamine sulfate
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. Absence seizures
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide
Warfarin
Spironolactone

42. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Spironolactone
Ganciclovir
Penicillin

43. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

44. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral metronidazole
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

45. Bipolar disorder
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Spironolactone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

46. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin
All - trans retinoic acid
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

47. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate

48. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mifepristone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

49. Pheochromocytoma
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+

50. Wegener's granulomatosis
Protamine sulfate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Flutamide
Penicillin prophylaxis