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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Patent ductus arteriosus
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Methicillin/naficillin
Indomethacin
IFN- a

2. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

3. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sublingual nitroglycerin

4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Penicillin prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Vancomycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

5. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Octreotide
SSRIs
Ethosuximide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

6. Acute gout attack
Ganciclovir
B12
NSAIDs - colchicine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

7. Immediate anticoagulation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

8. Hypercholesterolemia
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Statin (first - line)

9. Osteomalacia/rickets
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
Vitamin D supplementation
Smoking cessation

10. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fibrate

11. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Protamine sulfate
NSAIDs - colchicine

12. Chlamydia trachomatis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

13. Erectile dysfunction
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Demeclocycline - lithium
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sildenafil

14. Ulcerative colitis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
Beta- interferon

15. Diabetic ketoacidosis
D2 receptor antagonists
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluids - insulin - K+

16. Neural tube defect prevention
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Folate
Bosentan
Fluids - insulin - K+

17. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

18. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sumatriptan

19. Folate deficiency
Heparin
Flutamide
Benzodiazepines
Folate

20. Multiple sclerosis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Beta- interferon
Mifepristone
Erythromycin

21. Legionella pneumophila
TMP- SMX
Erythromycin
Fibrate
Warfarin

22. Bipolar disorder
Bosentan
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

23. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
5- ASA - infliximab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

24. Anxiety
Fibrate
Penicillin
Buspirone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

25. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Methicillin/naficillin
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone

26. Treponema pallidum
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin
Imatinib

27. Hypertriglyceridemia
IFN- a
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fibrate

28. Chronic gout
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mifepristone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

29. Diabetes insipidus
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin

30. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Heparin

31. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Mifepristone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

32. Malignant hyperthermia
Folate
Dantrolene
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

33. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Dantrolene
Indomethacin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Imatinib

34. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Indomethacin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
D2 receptor antagonists

35. Streptococcus pyogenes
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ethosuximide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

36. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Demeclocycline - lithium
Heparin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sildenafil

37. Trichomonas vaginalis
Beta- interferon
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Indomethacin

38. Long - term anticoagulation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dantrolene
Warfarin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

39. Wegener's granulomatosis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Octreotide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

40. Temporal arteritis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
High - dose steroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
NSAIDs - colchicine

41. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sumatriptan

42. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamoxifen
Heparin
Aromatase inhibitor

43. Buerger's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Smoking cessation
Protamine sulfate

44. Crohn's disease
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis

45. Clostridium tetani
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral metronidazole

46. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
Tamoxifen
Sildenafil

47. Alcohol withdrawal
Heparin
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs (first - line)

48. UTI prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
NSAIDs - colchicine

49. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
SSRIs
Flutamide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Trastuzumab

50. Clostridium botulinum
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)