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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Cryptococcus neoformans
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

2. Cystic fibrosis
Ganciclovir
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

3. Prolactinoma
Vitamin D supplementation
Protamine sulfate
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

4. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ethosuximide
Oral KI
5- ASA - infliximab

5. Osteomalacia/rickets
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Sildenafil

6. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
5- ASA - infliximab
Imatinib
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

7. Treponema pallidum
Oral KI
Penicillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Warfarin

8. Bulimia
SSRIs
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamoxifen
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

9. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Ethosuximide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Mifepristone

10. 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)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Imatinib

11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Vancomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

12. Prostate carcinoma
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Flutamide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin

13. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Ethosuximide
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs

14. Streptococcus bovis
IFN- a
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+

15. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

16. Medical abortion
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamoxifen
Mifepristone

17. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Heparin

18. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists
Mifepristone
Oral metronidazole

19. Pheochromocytoma
Bosentan
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

20. MRSA
Vancomycin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation
Protamine sulfate

21. Influenza
Fibrate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Beta- interferon
D2 receptor antagonists

22. Immediate anticoagulation
All - trans retinoic acid
Heparin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs

23. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
All - trans retinoic acid
Mifepristone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

24. Stable angina
Flutamide
Heparin
Ganciclovir
Sublingual nitroglycerin

25. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Erythromycin
Ganciclovir
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

26. Warfarin toxicity
Fibrate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

27. Chlamydia trachomatis
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Indomethacin
Aromatase inhibitor

28. Crohn's disease
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

29. Pulmonary hypertension
Demeclocycline - lithium
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bosentan
High - dose steroids

30. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs (first - line)

31. Alcohol withdrawal
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon
Benzodiazepines
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

32. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Protamine sulfate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis

33. Sporothrix schenckii
SSRIs
Indomethacin
Oral KI
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

34. Infertility
Beta- interferon
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Aromatase inhibitor
D2 receptor antagonists

35. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Indomethacin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

36. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dantrolene
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

37. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

38. SIADH
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Demeclocycline - lithium

39. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Smoking cessation
Flutamide

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
All - trans retinoic acid

41. Candida albicans
Vancomycin
Smoking cessation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

42. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Mifepristone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

43. B12 deficiency
D2 receptor antagonists
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mifepristone
B12

44. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Folate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

45. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin
Aromatase inhibitor

46. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Dantrolene
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vitamin D supplementation

47. Sickle cell anemia
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

48. Temporal arteritis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
5- ASA - infliximab
High - dose steroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

49. Anorexia
Beta- interferon
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs

50. Clostridium tetani
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin