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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Acute gout attack
Beta- interferon
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
NSAIDs - colchicine
High - dose steroids
2. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs (first - line)
Imatinib
Methicillin/naficillin
3. Osteomalacia/rickets
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Flutamide
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
4. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Vitamin D supplementation
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
5. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX
Benzodiazepines
NSAIDs - colchicine
6. ADHD
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluids - insulin - K+
IFN- a
7. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
Smoking cessation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
8. Malignant hyperthermia
Imatinib
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dantrolene
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
9. Alcohol withdrawal
D2 receptor antagonists
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate
10. UTI prophylaxis
Methicillin/naficillin
Oral metronidazole
TMP- SMX
SSRIs (first - line)
11. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Erythromycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
12. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
13. Chronic hepatitis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amantadine/rimantadine
IFN- a
B12
14. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
15. Carcinoid syndrome
Dantrolene
Benzodiazepines
Octreotide
Smoking cessation
16. Cystic fibrosis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral KI
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
17. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
18. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Smoking cessation
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Sublingual nitroglycerin
19. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Indomethacin
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
20. Neural tube defect prevention
Fibrate
Folate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
IFN- a
21. Depression
Erythromycin
Ethosuximide
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs (first - line)
22. Hypertriglyceridemia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Mifepristone
Fibrate
SSRIs
23. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
24. Prostate carcinoma
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Flutamide
Ganciclovir
25. Immediate anticoagulation
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
Heparin
Indomethacin
26. Rickettsia rickettsii
Buspirone
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Trastuzumab
27. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Imatinib
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
28. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
High - dose steroids
Vancomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
29. Erectile dysfunction
Oral KI
SSRIs
Sildenafil
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
30. Enterococci
Oral KI
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sildenafil
31. Influenza
Imatinib
Oral KI
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amantadine/rimantadine
32. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Warfarin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
33. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
34. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Smoking cessation
Imatinib
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
35. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Aromatase inhibitor
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Trastuzumab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
36. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate
37. Bipolar disorder
Tamsulosin - finasteride
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Flutamide
38. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Statin (first - line)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
39. Clostridium difficile
Heparin
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
40. Chlamydia trachomatis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
TMP- SMX
41. Long - term anticoagulation
Sumatriptan
Vitamin D supplementation
Warfarin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
42. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
Trastuzumab
Fluids - insulin - K+
43. Sickle cell anemia
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
IFN- a
44. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Flutamide
Imatinib
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor
45. Pheochromocytoma
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
46. Multiple sclerosis
Heparin
Beta- interferon
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
47. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
48. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Protamine sulfate
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Smoking cessation
49. Absence seizures
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Spironolactone
50. Sporothrix schenckii
Ethosuximide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)