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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone
B12
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

2. Prostate carcinoma
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

3. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Dantrolene
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Methicillin/naficillin

4. Influenza
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Amantadine/rimantadine

5. SIADH
Fibrate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

6. Infertility
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ganciclovir

7. Malignant hyperthermia
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Buspirone
Dantrolene
Demeclocycline - lithium

8. Immediate anticoagulation
Methicillin/naficillin
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation
Fibrate

9. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Spironolactone
Buspirone

10. Temporal arteritis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

11. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Mifepristone
Penicillin

12. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
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)
Mifepristone

13. Crohn's disease
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Fluids - insulin - K+
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

14. Rickettsia rickettsii
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sumatriptan

15. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
D2 receptor antagonists
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Smoking cessation
Tamoxifen

16. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Ganciclovir
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

17. Neural tube defect prevention
Tamoxifen
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Mifepristone

18. B12 deficiency
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vitamin D supplementation
B12
Folate

19. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

20. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Indomethacin
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

21. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Penicillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs

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

23. Wegener's granulomatosis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Spironolactone

24. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
5- ASA - infliximab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

25. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Oral KI

26. Buerger's disease
IFN- a
Smoking cessation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

27. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Vancomycin
IFN- a
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

28. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Oral metronidazole
Demeclocycline - lithium
B12
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

29. ADHD
Indomethacin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sildenafil

30. Acute gout attack
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

31. Neisseria meningitidis
Vitamin D supplementation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

32. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Smoking cessation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

33. Ulcerative colitis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Trastuzumab
5- ASA - infliximab
NSAIDs - colchicine

34. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
High - dose steroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

35. Malaria
Aromatase inhibitor
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Demeclocycline - lithium

36. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bosentan
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
All - trans retinoic acid

37. Anorexia
Warfarin
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Trastuzumab

38. Warfarin toxicity
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

39. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tamoxifen
Oral KI

40. Staphylococcus aureus
Erythromycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Octreotide
Methicillin/naficillin

41. Medical abortion
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mifepristone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

42. Candida albicans
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

43. Cryptococcus neoformans
Spironolactone
Benzodiazepines
Smoking cessation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

44. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Statin (first - line)

45. Hypertriglyceridemia
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fibrate

46. Anxiety
Ethosuximide
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Buspirone

47. Sporothrix schenckii
IFN- a
Oral KI
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Ganciclovir

48. Sickle cell anemia
Indomethacin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

49. Diabetes mellitus type 1
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

50. Chronic gout
Antitoxin
SSRIs
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Folate