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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Diabetic ketoacidosis
D2 receptor antagonists
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

2. Tonic - clonic seizures
Sildenafil
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

3. Long - term anticoagulation
SSRIs
Vitamin D supplementation
Warfarin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

4. Alcohol withdrawal
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
TMP- SMX
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs (first - line)

5. Bipolar disorder
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

6. Ulcerative colitis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- ASA - infliximab

7. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin

8. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Indomethacin
Bosentan

9. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Indomethacin
Spironolactone

10. Sporothrix schenckii
High - dose steroids
B12
Dantrolene
Oral KI

11. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Heparin
Spironolactone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

12. Enterococci
Flutamide
Dantrolene
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

13. Pheochromocytoma
IFN- a
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

14. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Ethosuximide
Smoking cessation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

15. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Oral KI
Imatinib
SSRIs (first - line)
Heparin

17. Rickettsia rickettsii
Heparin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

18. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

19. SIADH
Erythromycin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Demeclocycline - lithium

20. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine

21. Anxiety
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Buspirone
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

22. Anorexia
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Chlamydia trachomatis
Beta- interferon
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

24. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Fibrate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

25. Candida albicans
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Folate
IFN- a
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

26. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Buspirone
Dantrolene
Sumatriptan

27. Patent ductus arteriosus
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin

28. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fibrate

29. Toxoplasma gondii
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Amantadine/rimantadine

30. Prolactinoma
High - dose steroids
Beta- interferon
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

31. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
B12
High - dose steroids
Fluids - insulin - K+

32. Medical abortion
Penicillin prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Mifepristone
Fibrate

33. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Warfarin
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin
Fibrate

34. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Dantrolene
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

35. Folate deficiency
Folate
Tamoxifen
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

36. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

37. Legionella pneumophila
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Erythromycin
Imatinib

38. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamoxifen
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)

39. MRSA
Indomethacin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vancomycin

40. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
IFN- a
Imatinib

41. Chronic gout
Bosentan
All - trans retinoic acid
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Octreotide

42. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
D2 receptor antagonists
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

43. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vancomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

44. Pulmonary hypertension
Fibrate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Bosentan
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

45. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antitoxin
Buspirone

46. Buerger's disease
B12
Smoking cessation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

47. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
SSRIs
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin prophylaxis

48. Chronic hepatitis
Imatinib
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
IFN- a

49. Bulimia
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

50. Treponema pallidum
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
All - trans retinoic acid
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin