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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Neural tube defect prevention
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Flutamide
Folate
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

2. Pheochromocytoma
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Bosentan
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

3. Pneumocystis jiroveci
5- ASA - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
NSAIDs - colchicine

4. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

5. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Mifepristone
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Octreotide

6. Clostridium botulinum
Buspirone
Antitoxin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

7. Hemorrhagic cystitis
All - trans retinoic acid
Statin (first - line)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

8. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Fibrate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

9. Chlamydia trachomatis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Trastuzumab
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

10. Crohn's disease
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride

11. Anorexia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Buspirone
Smoking cessation
SSRIs

12. Malignant hyperthermia
Octreotide
Dantrolene
SSRIs
Sildenafil

13. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Imatinib
Warfarin
Beta- interferon

14. Sickle cell anemia
IFN- a
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

15. Staphylococcus aureus
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Methicillin/naficillin
Beta- interferon
5- ASA - infliximab

16. Osteomalacia/rickets
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vitamin D supplementation
Fluids - insulin - K+
Corticosteroids - infliximab

17. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Benzodiazepines
Ganciclovir
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

19. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dantrolene
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

21. Cytomegalovirus
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ganciclovir
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

22. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sublingual nitroglycerin
D2 receptor antagonists

23. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vitamin D supplementation

24. Acute gout attack
IFN- a
Bosentan
NSAIDs - colchicine
Octreotide

25. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12

26. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

27. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
IFN- a
Imatinib
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

28. ADHD
Spironolactone
Penicillin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

29. Migraine
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Sumatriptan
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

30. Ringworm infections
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

31. Neisseria meningitidis
Vancomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Beta- interferon

32. Streptococcus pyogenes
IFN- a
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+

33. Treponema pallidum
Mifepristone
Penicillin
Heparin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

34. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Demeclocycline - lithium

35. Trichomonas vaginalis
Aromatase inhibitor
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Heparin
Benzodiazepines

36. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Heparin
Aromatase inhibitor
5- ASA - infliximab
Protamine sulfate

37. Absence seizures
SSRIs (first - line)
Ethosuximide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Trastuzumab

38. Prostate carcinoma
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Beta- interferon
Flutamide
Tamsulosin - finasteride

39. Folate deficiency
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

40. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Folate

41. Bulimia
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor
Warfarin
Folate

42. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

43. Diabetes insipidus
Fibrate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Folate

44. Clostridium tetani
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Methicillin/naficillin
Buspirone

45. Carcinoid syndrome
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Octreotide
Imatinib
Ethosuximide

46. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

47. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Benzodiazepines
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

48. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Spironolactone
Penicillin

49. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Ethosuximide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

50. Cystic fibrosis
Imatinib
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin