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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Flutamide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

2. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

3. Clostridium botulinum
D2 receptor antagonists
Bosentan
Heparin
Antitoxin

4. Toxoplasma gondii
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

5. Bulimia
High - dose steroids
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Warfarin

6. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

7. Malignant hyperthermia
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dantrolene
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Flutamide

8. Streptococcus bovis
SSRIs
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin

9. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ganciclovir
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamoxifen

10. Multiple sclerosis
Tamoxifen
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
IFN- a
Beta- interferon

11. Migraine
Heparin
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sumatriptan

12. Sickle cell anemia
SSRIs (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

13. Pheochromocytoma
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dantrolene
All - trans retinoic acid

14. Cryptococcus neoformans
SSRIs (first - line)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide

15. Neisseria meningitidis
Vancomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

16. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

17. Prostate carcinoma
Penicillin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Flutamide
Corticosteroids - infliximab

18. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Corticosteroids - infliximab

19. Hyperaldosteronism
Ganciclovir
Spironolactone
Heparin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

20. Chlamydia trachomatis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Flutamide

21. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Octreotide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

22. Patent ductus arteriosus
SSRIs
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Indomethacin

23. Wegener's granulomatosis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Statin (first - line)
Beta- interferon

24. Staphylococcus aureus
Buspirone
Sumatriptan
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin

25. Treponema pallidum
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

26. MRSA
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin
Warfarin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

27. ADHD
Smoking cessation
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

28. Cytomegalovirus
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ganciclovir
Oral KI

29. Bipolar disorder
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

30. Diabetes insipidus
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

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

32. B12 deficiency
Imatinib
B12
Spironolactone
Amantadine/rimantadine

33. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ethosuximide
Statin (first - line)

34. Immediate anticoagulation
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Bosentan
Heparin
Sildenafil

35. Chronic hepatitis
Dantrolene
IFN- a
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral KI

36. Clostridium tetani
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fibrate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

37. Chronic gout
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

38. Stable angina
All - trans retinoic acid
Folate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Aromatase inhibitor

39. Neural tube defect prevention
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Folate
Oral KI
Octreotide

40. Medical abortion
Warfarin
Mifepristone
Heparin
Indomethacin

41. Enterococci
Sumatriptan
Indomethacin
Sildenafil
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

42. Clostridium difficile
Erythromycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral metronidazole

43. Hypercholesterolemia
Mifepristone
Statin (first - line)
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin

44. Streptococcus pyogenes
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
SSRIs
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis

45. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX
Aromatase inhibitor
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

46. Streptococcus pneumoniae
IFN- a
Erythromycin
Sildenafil
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

47. Prolactinoma
Oral metronidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tamoxifen

48. Folate deficiency
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate

49. Carcinoid syndrome
High - dose steroids
Octreotide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Bosentan

50. Malaria
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)