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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
SSRIs (first - line)
Trastuzumab
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

2. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
All - trans retinoic acid
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

3. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
Beta- interferon

4. Alcohol withdrawal
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Benzodiazepines

5. Carcinoid syndrome
SSRIs
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Octreotide
Indomethacin

6. Medical abortion
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs
Mifepristone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

7. Staphylococcus aureus
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Methicillin/naficillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

8. Cryptococcus neoformans
Oral KI
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

9. Immediate anticoagulation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

10. Anorexia
Spironolactone
Sildenafil
SSRIs
Dantrolene

11. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

12. Bulimia
Sublingual nitroglycerin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs

13. Hypercholesterolemia
SSRIs
Mifepristone
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin

14. Chronic hepatitis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
IFN- a
Folate

15. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Benzodiazepines
Sildenafil

16. ADHD
Aromatase inhibitor
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab

17. Enterococci
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

18. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

19. Malignant hyperthermia
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dantrolene
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate

20. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin prophylaxis

21. Folate deficiency
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Folate

22. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

23. Buerger's disease
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
B12
Smoking cessation
Folate

24. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

25. MRSA
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Tamoxifen
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin

26. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Mifepristone
High - dose steroids

27. Warfarin toxicity
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Imatinib
SSRIs (first - line)

28. Osteomalacia/rickets
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Vitamin D supplementation

29. Stable angina
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Benzodiazepines
Sublingual nitroglycerin

30. Absence seizures
TMP- SMX
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ethosuximide
Folate

31. Clostridium botulinum
Heparin
Antitoxin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Benzodiazepines

32. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Statin (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor
Dantrolene
Mifepristone

33. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Trastuzumab
Warfarin

34. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tamsulosin - finasteride

35. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

36. Anxiety
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
All - trans retinoic acid

37. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dantrolene
All - trans retinoic acid

38. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone

39. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Heparin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

40. Streptococcus bovis
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

41. Temporal arteritis
Folate
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
High - dose steroids

42. Neisseria meningitidis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Spironolactone
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Demeclocycline - lithium

43. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Vitamin D supplementation
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mifepristone

44. Rickettsia rickettsii
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Fibrate

45. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Statin (first - line)
Tamoxifen
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

46. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Octreotide
Flutamide

47. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Aromatase inhibitor
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

48. Prolactinoma
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Flutamide

49. Sickle cell anemia
Methicillin/naficillin
Warfarin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

50. Influenza
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine