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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. SIADH
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Sumatriptan
Statin (first - line)

2. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

3. Infertility
Tamoxifen
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

4. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Folate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

5. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin

6. Clostridium tetani
Oral metronidazole
Folate
Octreotide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

8. Depression
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs (first - line)
Antitoxin

9. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Antitoxin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen

10. Stable angina
TMP- SMX
Demeclocycline - lithium
Warfarin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

11. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
D2 receptor antagonists
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

12. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mifepristone
Methicillin/naficillin

13. Anxiety
Trastuzumab
Flutamide
Buspirone
Oral KI

14. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Dantrolene
D2 receptor antagonists
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

15. Staphylococcus aureus
TMP- SMX
Methicillin/naficillin
Spironolactone
Smoking cessation

16. Temporal arteritis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antitoxin
Tamoxifen
High - dose steroids

17. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor
Bosentan
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

18. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Statin (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Buspirone

19. Migraine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sumatriptan
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

20. Bipolar disorder
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Erythromycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

21. Alcohol withdrawal
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Benzodiazepines
All - trans retinoic acid

22. MRSA
Vancomycin
Spironolactone
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

23. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Penicillin
Ganciclovir
Heparin
Amantadine/rimantadine

24. Immediate anticoagulation
Aromatase inhibitor
Heparin
Buspirone
SSRIs (first - line)

25. Trichomonas vaginalis
TMP- SMX
Benzodiazepines
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

26. Clostridium difficile
Benzodiazepines
Statin (first - line)
Oral metronidazole
Flutamide

27. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Mifepristone
Oral KI
All - trans retinoic acid

28. Diabetes insipidus
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

29. Toxoplasma gondii
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- ASA - infliximab
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

30. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
SSRIs

31. Hypercholesterolemia
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Statin (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamoxifen

32. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Sildenafil
Tamsulosin - finasteride

33. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Bosentan
All - trans retinoic acid

34. Clostridium botulinum
Dantrolene
Antitoxin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

35. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ganciclovir

36. Pneumocystis jiroveci
SSRIs (first - line)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

37. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
High - dose steroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

38. Acute gout attack
Flutamide
Dantrolene
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine

39. Legionella pneumophila
Trastuzumab
Beta- interferon
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Erythromycin

40. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dantrolene
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
5- ASA - infliximab

41. Streptococcus pyogenes
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Multiple sclerosis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Beta- interferon
Fluids - insulin - K+
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

43. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
B12
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Octreotide

44. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs

45. Cystic fibrosis
Mifepristone
Aromatase inhibitor
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Beta- interferon

46. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

47. Rickettsia rickettsii
Sumatriptan
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

48. Streptococcus bovis
Flutamide
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

49. Influenza
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

50. Heparin toxicity (acute)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Protamine sulfate
Vancomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)