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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. SIADH
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Demeclocycline - lithium
2. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
3. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
4. Wegener's granulomatosis
TMP- SMX
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs
Spironolactone
5. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
TMP- SMX
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
6. Legionella pneumophila
Smoking cessation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Trastuzumab
Erythromycin
7. Neural tube defect prevention
Oral KI
Folate
Ganciclovir
Sildenafil
8. Long - term anticoagulation
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Warfarin
Bosentan
Heparin
9. Anorexia
SSRIs
Smoking cessation
Vitamin D supplementation
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
10. Bipolar disorder
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
11. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Aromatase inhibitor
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine
12. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Indomethacin
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
13. Neisseria meningitidis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
14. Absence seizures
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ethosuximide
15. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sildenafil
16. B12 deficiency
Beta- interferon
B12
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Flutamide
17. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists
18. Hypertriglyceridemia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Erythromycin
Fibrate
19. Sporothrix schenckii
Spironolactone
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate
Fibrate
20. Crohn's disease
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone
Corticosteroids - infliximab
21. Malaria
Bosentan
All - trans retinoic acid
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
22. Medical abortion
High - dose steroids
Buspirone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Mifepristone
23. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methicillin/naficillin
Ganciclovir
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
24. Erectile dysfunction
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sildenafil
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
25. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
26. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sumatriptan
Oral KI
27. Hypercholesterolemia
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
28. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Spironolactone
Antitoxin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
29. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
30. Folate deficiency
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate
Octreotide
31. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin
Trastuzumab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
32. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Statin (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamoxifen
Fluids - insulin - K+
33. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Demeclocycline - lithium
Aromatase inhibitor
Vancomycin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
34. MRSA
Vancomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin
35. Diabetes insipidus
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
36. Cytomegalovirus
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ganciclovir
37. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Erythromycin
Sildenafil
D2 receptor antagonists
38. Tonic - clonic seizures
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
39. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Octreotide
Beta- interferon
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
40. Multiple sclerosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX
41. ADHD
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
42. Streptococcus pyogenes
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
43. Hyperaldosteronism
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
Spironolactone
44. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Protamine sulfate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
45. Enterococci
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
46. Bulimia
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
47. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Indomethacin
48. Buerger's disease
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Flutamide
Smoking cessation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
49. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Bosentan
Octreotide
Ganciclovir
50. Prolactinoma
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis