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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

2. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Penicillin
Warfarin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

3. Alcohol abuse
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Demeclocycline - lithium

4. Bipolar disorder
Antitoxin
Mifepristone
Sildenafil
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

5. MRSA
Sumatriptan
Ethosuximide
Fluids - insulin - K+
Vancomycin

6. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Beta- interferon

7. Anxiety
Protamine sulfate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Buspirone

8. Absence seizures
Buspirone
Heparin
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

9. Treponema pallidum
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

10. Streptococcus pyogenes
Buspirone
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antitoxin

11. Neisseria meningitidis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Erythromycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin

12. Candida albicans
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Buspirone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Folate

13. Prolactinoma
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

14. Temporal arteritis
B12
High - dose steroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral metronidazole
Mifepristone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

16. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

17. Prostate carcinoma
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

18. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mifepristone

19. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

20. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

21. Bulimia
Benzodiazepines
Smoking cessation
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs

22. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Spironolactone

23. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antitoxin
Vitamin D supplementation

24. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Trastuzumab
Beta- interferon
Antitoxin

25. Clostridium botulinum
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin
Methicillin/naficillin

26. Rickettsia rickettsii
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
High - dose steroids

27. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
IFN- a

28. ADHD
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluids - insulin - K+

29. Chlamydia trachomatis
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral KI

30. Hypercholesterolemia
Benzodiazepines
Spironolactone
Statin (first - line)
Folate

31. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sildenafil
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
IFN- a

32. Tonic - clonic seizures
Vancomycin
Dantrolene
Trastuzumab
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

33. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Statin (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

34. Depression
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
SSRIs (first - line)
Bosentan
Aromatase inhibitor

35. Hyperaldosteronism
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Spironolactone
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

36. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin
Beta- interferon
Ganciclovir

37. Cytomegalovirus
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ganciclovir
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

38. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Bosentan

39. Infertility
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

40. Long - term anticoagulation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Warfarin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
NSAIDs - colchicine

41. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Aromatase inhibitor

42. Stable angina
Folate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
B12
Imatinib

43. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Mifepristone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
TMP- SMX
Heparin

44. Medical abortion
Folate
Mifepristone
Imatinib
Penicillin

45. Acute gout attack
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
NSAIDs - colchicine
Spironolactone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

46. Hypertriglyceridemia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Protamine sulfate
Fibrate
All - trans retinoic acid

47. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Methicillin/naficillin
Aromatase inhibitor

48. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Statin (first - line)

49. Patent ductus arteriosus
Buspirone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Indomethacin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

50. UTI prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
TMP- SMX
Trastuzumab
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)