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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Acute gout attack
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Imatinib
NSAIDs - colchicine
Erythromycin

2. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Demeclocycline - lithium

3. Warfarin toxicity
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sumatriptan
Heparin

4. Multiple sclerosis
Buspirone
Beta- interferon
Ganciclovir
Aromatase inhibitor

5. Malaria
Vancomycin
Heparin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamoxifen

6. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Imatinib
Fluids - insulin - K+
Buspirone
D2 receptor antagonists

7. Streptococcus bovis
Erythromycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dantrolene
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

8. Bipolar disorder
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Flutamide

9. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Trastuzumab
Ethosuximide
Heparin

10. Legionella pneumophila
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Erythromycin
NSAIDs - colchicine

11. Hyperaldosteronism
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Mifepristone
Spironolactone
Aromatase inhibitor

12. Carcinoid syndrome
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Octreotide
Sumatriptan

13. Pneumocystis jiroveci
IFN- a
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs (first - line)
Ethosuximide

14. Toxoplasma gondii
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Sumatriptan
Antitoxin

15. Ringworm infections
Amantadine/rimantadine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ethosuximide
Fluids - insulin - K+

16. Prolactinoma
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

17. Folate deficiency
Folate
SSRIs
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

18. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Trastuzumab
Indomethacin

19. Cystic fibrosis
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
IFN- a

20. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral metronidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate

21. Influenza
Smoking cessation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

22. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Spironolactone
NSAIDs - colchicine

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Indomethacin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Tamoxifen

24. Absence seizures
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Methicillin/naficillin
Ethosuximide
Erythromycin

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

26. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ethosuximide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

27. SIADH
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Spironolactone
Demeclocycline - lithium

28. Immediate anticoagulation
Warfarin
Vancomycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Heparin

29. Chlamydia trachomatis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Mifepristone
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
All - trans retinoic acid

30. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Imatinib
Indomethacin
All - trans retinoic acid

31. Depression
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Antitoxin

32. Clostridium botulinum
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

33. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Flutamide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

34. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ganciclovir
TMP- SMX

35. Neural tube defect prevention
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Folate

36. Buerger's disease
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Smoking cessation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin prophylaxis

37. Stable angina
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral KI
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

38. B12 deficiency
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
B12
Smoking cessation
Sublingual nitroglycerin

39. Cryptococcus neoformans
SSRIs
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Penicillin
Heparin
High - dose steroids
All - trans retinoic acid

41. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Folate

42. Pulmonary hypertension
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bosentan
B12

43. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Smoking cessation
Beta- interferon
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

44. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mifepristone

45. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis

46. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin

47. Diabetes insipidus
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
All - trans retinoic acid

48. Pheochromocytoma
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

49. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mifepristone
Heparin
Buspirone

50. Anorexia
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines