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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Acute gout attack
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluids - insulin - K+

2. Clostridium tetani
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Spironolactone
Penicillin

3. Malaria
Sildenafil
Aromatase inhibitor
Tamoxifen
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Spironolactone
Vancomycin
Ethosuximide

5. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Antitoxin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

6. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

7. Malignant hyperthermia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Oral KI
Dantrolene

8. Carcinoid syndrome
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Beta- interferon
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide

9. Diabetes mellitus type 2
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ganciclovir
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

10. Folate deficiency
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

11. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Heparin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

12. Neural tube defect prevention
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate

13. Crohn's disease
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

14. Patent ductus arteriosus
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Indomethacin
Aromatase inhibitor
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

15. Medical abortion
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mifepristone
Tamoxifen
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

16. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs
Antitoxin
SSRIs (first - line)

17. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

18. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Folate
Antitoxin
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

19. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Mifepristone

20. Warfarin toxicity
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

21. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

22. Tonic - clonic seizures
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Beta- interferon
Buspirone

23. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Protamine sulfate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

24. Infertility
Protamine sulfate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

25. MRSA
Antitoxin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin

26. Hypercholesterolemia
Folate
Statin (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
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. Osteomalacia/rickets
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral metronidazole
Vitamin D supplementation

28. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Octreotide
Fluids - insulin - K+
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- ASA - infliximab

29. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

30. Cytomegalovirus
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin
Ganciclovir

31. Anorexia
SSRIs
Penicillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Beta- interferon

32. Absence seizures
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ethosuximide
Trastuzumab
Folate

33. Treponema pallidum
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon

34. Long - term anticoagulation
Fibrate
Warfarin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

35. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dantrolene

36. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tamoxifen
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

37. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Statin (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

38. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Penicillin prophylaxis
All - trans retinoic acid
Beta- interferon
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

39. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Warfarin

40. Neisseria meningitidis
Aromatase inhibitor
Tamoxifen
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

41. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone
Protamine sulfate

42. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Indomethacin
Amantadine/rimantadine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

43. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin
Oral KI

44. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Benzodiazepines
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

45. Chronic gout
Oral KI
Buspirone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

46. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
All - trans retinoic acid
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
D2 receptor antagonists

47. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fibrate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

48. Anxiety
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Warfarin
Imatinib
Buspirone

49. Chlamydia trachomatis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs
Spironolactone
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

50. Migraine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sumatriptan
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)