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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

2. Osteomalacia/rickets
SSRIs
Antitoxin
Vitamin D supplementation
Methicillin/naficillin

3. Malaria
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Statin (first - line)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fluids - insulin - K+

4. Trichomonas vaginalis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids

5. Alcohol withdrawal
Vancomycin
Penicillin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Benzodiazepines

6. Buerger's disease
Fluids - insulin - K+
Buspirone
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Smoking cessation

7. Wegener's granulomatosis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+

8. Clostridium tetani
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
Smoking cessation
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

9. Bipolar disorder
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

10. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Smoking cessation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Beta- interferon

11. Alcohol abuse
Penicillin prophylaxis
Protamine sulfate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

12. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Methicillin/naficillin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

13. Long - term anticoagulation
TMP- SMX
Benzodiazepines
Warfarin
B12

14. Bulimia
Fibrate
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

15. Clostridium botulinum
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antitoxin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Cryptococcus neoformans
Dantrolene
Sildenafil
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

17. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

18. Carcinoid syndrome
Flutamide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
D2 receptor antagonists
Octreotide

19. Enterococci
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

20. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ganciclovir
5- ASA - infliximab
Imatinib

21. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
Tamoxifen
Fluids - insulin - K+

22. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

23. ADHD
Antitoxin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Mifepristone

24. Chlamydia trachomatis
Erythromycin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

25. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
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)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

26. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Statin (first - line)
Protamine sulfate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

27. SIADH
Dantrolene
Imatinib
Demeclocycline - lithium
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

28. Toxoplasma gondii
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
D2 receptor antagonists
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

29. Chronic hepatitis
Ethosuximide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
IFN- a
Penicillin

30. B12 deficiency
Mifepristone
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
B12

31. Ulcerative colitis
Methicillin/naficillin
D2 receptor antagonists
Sublingual nitroglycerin
5- ASA - infliximab

32. Tonic - clonic seizures
SSRIs
Imatinib
Penicillin prophylaxis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

33. Influenza
Beta- interferon
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Flutamide
Amantadine/rimantadine

34. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin
Folate
D2 receptor antagonists

35. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Oral KI
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Tamoxifen
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

36. Ringworm infections
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

37. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
Dantrolene

38. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

39. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitor
Trastuzumab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

40. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Flutamide

41. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. MRSA
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vancomycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

43. Infertility
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

44. Streptococcus pyogenes
Octreotide
Ganciclovir
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

45. Heparin toxicity (acute)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene
Bosentan

46. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Folate
D2 receptor antagonists

47. Hypercholesterolemia
Imatinib
Statin (first - line)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab

48. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

49. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

50. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)