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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. SIADH
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Demeclocycline - lithium

2. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

3. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate

4. Wegener's granulomatosis
TMP- SMX
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs
Spironolactone

5. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
TMP- SMX
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

6. Legionella pneumophila
Smoking cessation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Trastuzumab
Erythromycin

7. Neural tube defect prevention
Oral KI
Folate
Ganciclovir
Sildenafil

8. Long - term anticoagulation
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Warfarin
Bosentan
Heparin

9. Anorexia
SSRIs
Smoking cessation
Vitamin D supplementation
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

10. Bipolar disorder
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

11. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Aromatase inhibitor
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine

12. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Indomethacin
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

13. Neisseria meningitidis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

14. Absence seizures
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ethosuximide

15. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sildenafil

16. B12 deficiency
Beta- interferon
B12
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Flutamide

17. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists

18. Hypertriglyceridemia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Erythromycin
Fibrate

19. Sporothrix schenckii
Spironolactone
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate
Fibrate

20. Crohn's disease
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone
Corticosteroids - infliximab

21. Malaria
Bosentan
All - trans retinoic acid
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

22. Medical abortion
High - dose steroids
Buspirone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Mifepristone

23. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methicillin/naficillin
Ganciclovir
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

24. Erectile dysfunction
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sildenafil
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

25. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

26. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sumatriptan
Oral KI

27. Hypercholesterolemia
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis

28. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Spironolactone
Antitoxin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

29. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

30. Folate deficiency
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Octreotide

31. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin
Trastuzumab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

32. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Statin (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamoxifen
Fluids - insulin - K+

33. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Demeclocycline - lithium
Aromatase inhibitor
Vancomycin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

34. MRSA
Vancomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin

35. Diabetes insipidus
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin

36. Cytomegalovirus
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ganciclovir

37. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Erythromycin
Sildenafil
D2 receptor antagonists

38. Tonic - clonic seizures
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

39. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Octreotide
Beta- interferon
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

40. Multiple sclerosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX

41. ADHD
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

42. Streptococcus pyogenes
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
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. Hyperaldosteronism
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
Spironolactone

44. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Protamine sulfate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

45. Enterococci
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

46. Bulimia
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

47. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin

48. Buerger's disease
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Flutamide
Smoking cessation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

49. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Bosentan
Octreotide
Ganciclovir

50. Prolactinoma
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis