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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Rickettsia rickettsii
Benzodiazepines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ganciclovir
5- ASA - infliximab

2. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Mifepristone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

3. Folate deficiency
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Flutamide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

4. Bulimia
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin

5. MRSA
Vancomycin
Sumatriptan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Protamine sulfate

6. Cytomegalovirus
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Influenza
Trastuzumab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

8. SIADH
Fluids - insulin - K+
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Demeclocycline - lithium

9. Sporothrix schenckii
Ethosuximide
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral KI
D2 receptor antagonists

10. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral metronidazole
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

11. Immediate anticoagulation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

12. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Buspirone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

13. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Warfarin
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

14. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Bosentan
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamoxifen

15. Cystic fibrosis
Heparin
Penicillin
Ethosuximide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

16. Acute gout attack
Indomethacin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine

17. Carcinoid syndrome
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide

18. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs (first - line)

19. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

20. Sickle cell anemia
Flutamide
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Octreotide

21. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

22. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Erythromycin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

23. Cryptococcus neoformans
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

24. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Warfarin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

25. Prostate carcinoma
Demeclocycline - lithium
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Flutamide

26. Toxoplasma gondii
All - trans retinoic acid
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

27. Multiple sclerosis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral metronidazole
Oral KI
Beta- interferon

28. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis

29. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ganciclovir

30. Treponema pallidum
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
B12
Mifepristone
Penicillin

31. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Imatinib
Indomethacin
Warfarin

32. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
D2 receptor antagonists

33. Ulcerative colitis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amantadine/rimantadine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- ASA - infliximab

34. Neural tube defect prevention
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Folate
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

35. Malignant hyperthermia
Trastuzumab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Dantrolene

36. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Benzodiazepines
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
SSRIs

37. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin

38. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Spironolactone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

39. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Spironolactone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Protamine sulfate
D2 receptor antagonists

40. Staphylococcus aureus
Beta- interferon
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin

41. Pulmonary hypertension
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Indomethacin
Bosentan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

42. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral metronidazole
Tamoxifen

43. Prolactinoma
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fibrate
Fluids - insulin - K+

44. Hypercholesterolemia
Smoking cessation
5- ASA - infliximab
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Statin (first - line)

45. Clostridium tetani
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
TMP- SMX
Sildenafil

46. Chronic gout
Trastuzumab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Buspirone
Fibrate

47. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Sumatriptan
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

48. Hyperaldosteronism
D2 receptor antagonists
Spironolactone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

49. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs
SSRIs
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

50. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside