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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Hypertriglyceridemia
Heparin
Fibrate
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

2. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin

3. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin

4. B12 deficiency
Penicillin
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
B12

5. Depression
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)

6. Long - term anticoagulation
Trastuzumab
Warfarin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Buspirone

7. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

8. Cystic fibrosis
Trastuzumab
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

9. Alcohol abuse
Dantrolene
Demeclocycline - lithium
Smoking cessation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

10. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

11. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Heparin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Warfarin

12. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Folate
Beta- interferon
Imatinib
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

13. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Mifepristone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Trastuzumab

14. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Heparin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
D2 receptor antagonists

15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Warfarin
Penicillin
SSRIs (first - line)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

16. Neisseria meningitidis
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fibrate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

17. Malaria
Oral KI
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amantadine/rimantadine

18. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Statin (first - line)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

19. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Erythromycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin
All - trans retinoic acid

20. Osteomalacia/rickets
Dantrolene
Mifepristone
Vitamin D supplementation
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

21. Prolactinoma
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sumatriptan

22. Treponema pallidum
Oral KI
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin
5- ASA - infliximab

23. Trichomonas vaginalis
B12
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vitamin D supplementation

24. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Buspirone
Imatinib
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

25. Temporal arteritis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
High - dose steroids
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin

26. Legionella pneumophila
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

27. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
High - dose steroids
Dantrolene

28. Folate deficiency
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Dantrolene
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate

29. Infertility
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Demeclocycline - lithium
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs

30. Buerger's disease
Erythromycin
Heparin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Smoking cessation

31. MRSA
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vancomycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

32. Pulmonary hypertension
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bosentan

33. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Penicillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

34. Hypercholesterolemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Statin (first - line)

35. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Bosentan
Tamoxifen

36. Anxiety
Vitamin D supplementation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Buspirone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

37. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Ethosuximide
IFN- a
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)

38. Clostridium tetani
Penicillin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

39. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

40. Candida albicans
Erythromycin
Buspirone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

41. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

42. Sickle cell anemia
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

43. Multiple sclerosis
Buspirone
Vitamin D supplementation
Ethosuximide
Beta- interferon

44. Stable angina
Fibrate
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

45. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)

46. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

47. Ulcerative colitis
All - trans retinoic acid
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin

48. Ringworm infections
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor

49. Absence seizures
Penicillin prophylaxis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

50. Sporothrix schenckii
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI