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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Streptococcus bovis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

2. Buerger's disease
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Smoking cessation
Protamine sulfate
Ganciclovir

3. ADHD
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dantrolene

4. Pheochromocytoma
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

5. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
All - trans retinoic acid
5- ASA - infliximab

6. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
SSRIs
Demeclocycline - lithium

7. Multiple sclerosis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Beta- interferon
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

8. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Buspirone
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin prophylaxis

9. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

10. Bipolar disorder
5- ASA - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Indomethacin

11. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Spironolactone
Bosentan
Statin (first - line)

12. Diabetes insipidus
SSRIs
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin

13. Staphylococcus aureus
SSRIs (first - line)
B12
Demeclocycline - lithium
Methicillin/naficillin

14. Bulimia
Vitamin D supplementation
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs
Antitoxin

15. Depression
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Amantadine/rimantadine

16. Diabetes mellitus type 1
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Oral KI
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

17. Heparin toxicity (acute)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Heparin
Protamine sulfate

18. Trichomonas vaginalis
Octreotide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

19. Folate deficiency
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Smoking cessation
Folate

20. Tonic - clonic seizures
Fibrate
TMP- SMX
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

21. Anorexia
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs
Imatinib
IFN- a

22. Stable angina
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

23. Patent ductus arteriosus
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Indomethacin

24. Chlamydia trachomatis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dantrolene
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

25. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Flutamide
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Statin (first - line)

26. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs

27. Erectile dysfunction
Benzodiazepines
Sildenafil
IFN- a
Penicillin

28. Sickle cell anemia
Folate
Imatinib
Sildenafil
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

29. Chronic hepatitis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
IFN- a
Demeclocycline - lithium
All - trans retinoic acid

30. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral KI

31. Temporal arteritis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fibrate
Fluids - insulin - K+
High - dose steroids

32. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Spironolactone
Flutamide
Penicillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

33. Rickettsia rickettsii
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

34. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Flutamide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
D2 receptor antagonists
Protamine sulfate

35. Neisseria meningitidis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

36. Hypertriglyceridemia
Buspirone
Fibrate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Antitoxin

37. Carcinoid syndrome
TMP- SMX
Ganciclovir
Erythromycin
Octreotide

38. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

39. Treponema pallidum
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
All - trans retinoic acid
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
B12

41. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Warfarin
Smoking cessation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

43. Influenza
Bosentan
Amantadine/rimantadine
Vancomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

44. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Warfarin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin

45. Cytomegalovirus
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

46. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
D2 receptor antagonists

47. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
TMP- SMX
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

48. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Oral KI
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

49. Sporothrix schenckii
Folate
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI

50. Immediate anticoagulation
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Heparin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs