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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Folate deficiency
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Folate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

2. Depression
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Trastuzumab
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)

3. Pulmonary hypertension
Benzodiazepines
Statin (first - line)
Bosentan
Mifepristone

4. Clostridium tetani
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

5. B12 deficiency
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
B12

6. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral metronidazole
Protamine sulfate

7. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

8. Streptococcus bovis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

9. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Protamine sulfate
Octreotide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

10. Warfarin toxicity
SSRIs (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin

11. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

12. Streptococcus pyogenes
Protamine sulfate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis

13. Rickettsia rickettsii
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Statin (first - line)
Smoking cessation

14. Crohn's disease
Dantrolene
Penicillin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

15. MRSA
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Vancomycin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
SSRIs

16. Neisseria meningitidis
Sildenafil
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral metronidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

17. Legionella pneumophila
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

18. Long - term anticoagulation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Protamine sulfate
Warfarin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

19. Stable angina
Penicillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Benzodiazepines

20. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab

21. Diabetes insipidus
5- ASA - infliximab
Imatinib
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Octreotide

22. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists
Heparin

23. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Folate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

24. Erectile dysfunction
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Heparin
Sildenafil

25. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs (first - line)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

26. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fluids - insulin - K+
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

27. Immediate anticoagulation
Penicillin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin

28. Anorexia
SSRIs
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

29. Toxoplasma gondii
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

30. Enterococci
Tamoxifen
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

31. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

32. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Erythromycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

33. Patent ductus arteriosus
Oral metronidazole
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin

34. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

35. Alcohol withdrawal
Bosentan
Benzodiazepines
Demeclocycline - lithium
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

36. Treponema pallidum
Spironolactone
Penicillin
Sumatriptan
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

37. Migraine
Bosentan
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sumatriptan

38. Malaria
Penicillin prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

39. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Folate
Protamine sulfate
Oral metronidazole
Aromatase inhibitor

40. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Trastuzumab

41. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

42. SIADH
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Bosentan

43. Bulimia
Buspirone
IFN- a
Sildenafil
SSRIs

44. Diabetic ketoacidosis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fluids - insulin - K+

45. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Bosentan

46. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Heparin
Flutamide
Tamoxifen
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

47. Chlamydia trachomatis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Spironolactone

48. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
D2 receptor antagonists
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Benzodiazepines

49. Neural tube defect prevention
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

50. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fluids - insulin - K+
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)