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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Stable angina
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Statin (first - line)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

2. Carcinoid syndrome
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sildenafil
Vitamin D supplementation
Octreotide

3. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sildenafil
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

4. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sildenafil
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

5. Anxiety
Buspirone
Fibrate
Vitamin D supplementation
Imatinib

6. Cryptococcus neoformans
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Oral KI
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

7. Absence seizures
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ethosuximide

8. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Oral KI
5- ASA - infliximab
D2 receptor antagonists
Indomethacin

9. Ulcerative colitis
Smoking cessation
Octreotide
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin

10. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamoxifen
Erythromycin
Fibrate

11. Medical abortion
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Mifepristone
Trastuzumab
Aromatase inhibitor

12. Candida albicans
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mifepristone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

13. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

14. Staphylococcus aureus
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Methicillin/naficillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

15. ADHD
IFN- a
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

16. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Amantadine/rimantadine
High - dose steroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

17. Erectile dysfunction
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Sildenafil
Benzodiazepines
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

18. Chronic hepatitis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
IFN- a
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

19. Immediate anticoagulation
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

20. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Beta- interferon

21. Anorexia
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs

22. Bulimia
Oral KI
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Folate
SSRIs

23. Enterococci
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
SSRIs

24. Migraine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sumatriptan
Flutamide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

25. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs

26. Bipolar disorder
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Oral KI
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

27. Prostate carcinoma
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

28. Hypercholesterolemia
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Statin (first - line)

29. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Antitoxin
Bosentan
Aromatase inhibitor
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

30. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sildenafil
Fibrate

31. Malaria
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Protamine sulfate

32. B12 deficiency
Sildenafil
B12
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

33. Prolactinoma
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

34. Legionella pneumophila
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Erythromycin
D2 receptor antagonists
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

35. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
IFN- a
Fibrate

36. Tonic - clonic seizures
Vitamin D supplementation
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

37. Sickle cell anemia
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Oral KI
Warfarin

38. Treponema pallidum
Sumatriptan
Imatinib
Penicillin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

39. Hypertriglyceridemia
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin
Fibrate

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Indomethacin
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin

41. Patent ductus arteriosus
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Indomethacin
Warfarin

42. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Imatinib
Methicillin/naficillin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Warfarin

43. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Trastuzumab
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

44. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dantrolene
Protamine sulfate

45. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Vitamin D supplementation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

46. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide

47. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
Dantrolene
NSAIDs - colchicine

48. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Vancomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate

49. Streptococcus pyogenes
Indomethacin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab

50. Multiple sclerosis
TMP- SMX
Beta- interferon
SSRIs
Ganciclovir