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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Buspirone

2. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral metronidazole

3. Malaria
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

4. Clostridium difficile
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Oral metronidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+

5. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

6. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Benzodiazepines
D2 receptor antagonists
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vancomycin

7. Stable angina
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ethosuximide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

8. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Statin (first - line)
D2 receptor antagonists
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)

9. Crohn's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX

10. Influenza
Flutamide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Octreotide
Erythromycin

11. Treponema pallidum
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin
Antitoxin

12. Alcohol withdrawal
Folate
Benzodiazepines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

13. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Smoking cessation

14. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral metronidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

15. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tamoxifen

16. MRSA
Vancomycin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists

17. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Spironolactone
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

18. Chlamydia trachomatis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Warfarin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Antitoxin

19. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Folate

20. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Sumatriptan
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Erythromycin

21. Pheochromocytoma
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Indomethacin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

22. Wegener's granulomatosis
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
5- ASA - infliximab

23. Rickettsia rickettsii
Ganciclovir
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

24. Clostridium tetani
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole

25. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
All - trans retinoic acid
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab

26. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Beta- interferon
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

27. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
B12
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

28. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Erythromycin
Folate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

29. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vitamin D supplementation
Benzodiazepines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

30. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin
Ganciclovir
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

31. Pulmonary hypertension
Ethosuximide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Bosentan

32. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Folate
Heparin

33. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Buspirone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

34. Osteomalacia/rickets
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Smoking cessation
Vitamin D supplementation

35. Ulcerative colitis
Erythromycin
5- ASA - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin

36. Alcohol abuse
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

37. Malignant hyperthermia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Dantrolene
Sublingual nitroglycerin

38. Chronic hepatitis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
IFN- a
Beta- interferon

39. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Trastuzumab
Methicillin/naficillin
IFN- a

40. Bulimia
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs
Penicillin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

41. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Spironolactone
Mifepristone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

42. Buerger's disease
B12
Antitoxin
Smoking cessation
Aromatase inhibitor

43. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

44. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

45. Anorexia
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs

46. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
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)
Ethosuximide
Benzodiazepines

47. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

48. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Tamoxifen

49. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
D2 receptor antagonists

50. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Benzodiazepines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin