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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine

2. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amantadine/rimantadine

3. Hypercholesterolemia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Statin (first - line)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

4. Legionella pneumophila
Trastuzumab
Flutamide
Erythromycin
High - dose steroids

5. MRSA
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Folate
Vancomycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

6. Long - term anticoagulation
Vancomycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Indomethacin
Warfarin

7. Erectile dysfunction
Penicillin
Sildenafil
Flutamide
NSAIDs - colchicine

8. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Mifepristone
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Dantrolene
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Methicillin/naficillin

10. Tonic - clonic seizures
Antitoxin
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

11. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ganciclovir
Dantrolene

12. Neisseria meningitidis
B12
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir

13. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Imatinib
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dantrolene

14. Anorexia
SSRIs
Trastuzumab
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine

15. Temporal arteritis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
High - dose steroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dantrolene

16. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Aromatase inhibitor
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

17. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sildenafil
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

18. Immediate anticoagulation
All - trans retinoic acid
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Heparin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

19. Chronic hepatitis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Oral metronidazole
IFN- a
Protamine sulfate

20. B12 deficiency
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
B12

21. Streptococcus pyogenes
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral KI
Heparin

22. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

23. Carcinoid syndrome
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Octreotide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Heparin

24. Anxiety
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

25. Patent ductus arteriosus
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs
Bosentan
Indomethacin

26. Alcohol abuse
Imatinib
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Oral metronidazole
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

27. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate
Heparin

28. Chronic gout
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fibrate
D2 receptor antagonists

29. Clostridium difficile
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)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

30. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
Flutamide

31. Trichomonas vaginalis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

32. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
Heparin

33. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
SSRIs
Mifepristone
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

34. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Ethosuximide
Beta- interferon
Fluids - insulin - K+
All - trans retinoic acid

35. Medical abortion
IFN- a
Buspirone
Mifepristone
Warfarin

36. Prolactinoma
Heparin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

37. Prostate carcinoma
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tamoxifen
Flutamide

38. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)

39. Migraine
Vitamin D supplementation
B12
Warfarin
Sumatriptan

40. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Methicillin/naficillin
Trastuzumab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

41. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bosentan
Trastuzumab
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

42. Hyperaldosteronism
Aromatase inhibitor
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)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

43. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Folate
Ethosuximide
Indomethacin

44. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
High - dose steroids

45. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sumatriptan
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

46. Neural tube defect prevention
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Folate

47. Streptococcus bovis
Ethosuximide
Warfarin
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

48. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

49. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine

50. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Heparin
Oral metronidazole
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)