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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium

2. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Buspirone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

3. Acute gout attack
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
B12
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis

4. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Indomethacin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

5. Bipolar disorder
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Flutamide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

6. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Vancomycin
IFN- a
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Imatinib

7. Trichomonas vaginalis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mifepristone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

8. Bulimia
Ganciclovir
SSRIs
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Trastuzumab

9. Stable angina
5- ASA - infliximab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Protamine sulfate

10. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Bosentan
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

11. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Aromatase inhibitor
B12

12. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Methicillin/naficillin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

13. Alcohol abuse
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Protamine sulfate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

14. Warfarin toxicity
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

15. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

16. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Penicillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Erythromycin
Indomethacin

17. Cryptococcus neoformans
5- ASA - infliximab
High - dose steroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

18. Malaria
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Octreotide
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

19. Malignant hyperthermia
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dantrolene
Imatinib
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

20. Rickettsia rickettsii
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

21. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Sildenafil
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

22. Chronic hepatitis
Mifepristone
Smoking cessation
Flutamide
IFN- a

23. Cytomegalovirus
Sumatriptan
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ganciclovir
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

24. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

25. Streptococcus pyogenes
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamoxifen
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

26. Sickle cell anemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Beta- interferon

27. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methicillin/naficillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

28. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Heparin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

29. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ganciclovir

30. Chlamydia trachomatis
Beta- interferon
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sumatriptan
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

31. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Sumatriptan
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
All - trans retinoic acid

32. Anxiety
Oral metronidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Buspirone

33. Anorexia
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

34. MRSA
5- ASA - infliximab
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
Smoking cessation

35. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Spironolactone

36. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
TMP- SMX

37. Legionella pneumophila
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Erythromycin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

38. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX
Buspirone
Indomethacin

39. Neisseria meningitidis
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
B12
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

40. Influenza
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

41. Erectile dysfunction
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Smoking cessation
Sildenafil

42. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Tamoxifen
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

43. Candida albicans
Spironolactone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

44. Absence seizures
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
Penicillin
Sumatriptan

45. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Protamine sulfate
IFN- a
Folate

46. Temporal arteritis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs (first - line)
High - dose steroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

47. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
D2 receptor antagonists
Protamine sulfate

48. Ringworm infections
Trastuzumab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral KI
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

49. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Warfarin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

50. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Tamoxifen
Ganciclovir
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)