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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Vitamin D supplementation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

2. Temporal arteritis
Protamine sulfate
Benzodiazepines
IFN- a
High - dose steroids

3. Malignant hyperthermia
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Octreotide
Dantrolene
Amantadine/rimantadine

4. Prolactinoma
TMP- SMX
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ethosuximide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

5. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Ethosuximide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

6. Hypercholesterolemia
High - dose steroids
Benzodiazepines
Statin (first - line)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

7. Hyperaldosteronism
Ethosuximide
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Folate

8. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin
Amantadine/rimantadine

9. Medical abortion
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mifepristone

10. Patent ductus arteriosus
Beta- interferon
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Protamine sulfate
Indomethacin

11. Pulmonary hypertension
Fibrate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Bosentan
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

12. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs
Buspirone

13. Hypertriglyceridemia
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Antitoxin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

14. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Bosentan
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Heparin

15. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Folate
Bosentan
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

16. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fibrate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin

17. Tonic - clonic seizures
Mifepristone
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sildenafil
TMP- SMX

18. Cystic fibrosis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Spironolactone
Ethosuximide

19. Multiple sclerosis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon
Warfarin

20. MRSA
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Imatinib

21. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

22. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

23. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Buspirone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sildenafil

24. Long - term anticoagulation
Tamoxifen
Warfarin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

25. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Protamine sulfate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

26. Bipolar disorder
Vitamin D supplementation
B12
Erythromycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

27. Migraine
5- ASA - infliximab
Sumatriptan
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

28. Clostridium botulinum
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin
Heparin

29. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
All - trans retinoic acid
Benzodiazepines
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

30. Sporothrix schenckii
Aromatase inhibitor
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Oral KI
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

31. ADHD
SSRIs (first - line)
IFN- a
Sildenafil
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

32. Erectile dysfunction
Warfarin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sildenafil
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

33. Immediate anticoagulation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Heparin

34. Alcohol abuse
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

35. Malaria
High - dose steroids
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

36. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Folate
Fluids - insulin - K+
Warfarin

37. Staphylococcus aureus
IFN- a
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Methicillin/naficillin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

38. Infertility
Folate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

39. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ganciclovir
Heparin
All - trans retinoic acid

40. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Warfarin
Trastuzumab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
SSRIs (first - line)

41. Chronic gout
Aromatase inhibitor
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
B12
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

42. Clostridium difficile
D2 receptor antagonists
Oral metronidazole
Buspirone
Antitoxin

43. Crohn's disease
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Imatinib
Corticosteroids - infliximab

44. Chlamydia trachomatis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
All - trans retinoic acid
Indomethacin

45. Acute gout attack
Penicillin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

46. Buerger's disease
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Smoking cessation

47. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D2 receptor antagonists
Imatinib
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

48. Ulcerative colitis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin
5- ASA - infliximab
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

49. Absence seizures
Ganciclovir
Octreotide
Folate
Ethosuximide

50. Clostridium tetani
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)