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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Carcinoid syndrome
Heparin
Octreotide
Methicillin/naficillin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

2. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab
Flutamide

3. Prostate carcinoma
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide
Fibrate
Bosentan

4. Legionella pneumophila
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
Aromatase inhibitor
B12

5. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Dantrolene
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Indomethacin

6. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Protamine sulfate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

7. Bipolar disorder
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

8. Wegener's granulomatosis
Tamoxifen
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin

9. Streptococcus pyogenes
SSRIs (first - line)
Buspirone
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis

10. Anorexia
Vancomycin
SSRIs
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

11. Folate deficiency
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fibrate
High - dose steroids
Folate

12. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

13. Malignant hyperthermia
Protamine sulfate
Dantrolene
Heparin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

14. Clostridium botulinum
Mifepristone
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Antitoxin

15. Toxoplasma gondii
Buspirone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- ASA - infliximab
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

16. Cytomegalovirus
5- ASA - infliximab
Heparin
All - trans retinoic acid
Ganciclovir

17. Clostridium difficile
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral metronidazole
Sumatriptan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

18. Osteomalacia/rickets
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Vitamin D supplementation
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin

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

20. Ringworm infections
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Smoking cessation

21. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Octreotide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs

22. Medical abortion
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
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
High - dose steroids

23. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Octreotide
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fibrate
Imatinib

24. Depression
Antitoxin
Bosentan
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs (first - line)

25. Treponema pallidum
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin
D2 receptor antagonists

26. UTI prophylaxis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
TMP- SMX

27. Sporothrix schenckii
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tamoxifen
Oral KI
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

28. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Methicillin/naficillin
Dantrolene

29. Acute gout attack
SSRIs (first - line)
Folate
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine

30. Diabetes mellitus type 1
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Indomethacin
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

31. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Penicillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Indomethacin

32. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs

33. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Erythromycin

34. B12 deficiency
B12
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
All - trans retinoic acid
Antitoxin

35. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Octreotide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

36. Ulcerative colitis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide

37. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Amantadine/rimantadine

38. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Heparin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs (first - line)

39. MRSA
Bosentan
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vancomycin
NSAIDs - colchicine

40. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ganciclovir
Amantadine/rimantadine

41. Erectile dysfunction
SSRIs
Sildenafil
Ganciclovir
D2 receptor antagonists

42. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Spironolactone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis

43. Long - term anticoagulation
Indomethacin
Warfarin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
SSRIs (first - line)

44. Malaria
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

45. Temporal arteritis
Sumatriptan
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
High - dose steroids
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

46. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX
High - dose steroids

47. Tonic - clonic seizures
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Smoking cessation

48. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Indomethacin

49. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

50. Diabetes insipidus
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride