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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. MRSA
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin
Vancomycin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

2. Hypercholesterolemia
Smoking cessation
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Statin (first - line)

3. Prostate carcinoma
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Flutamide

4. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs
Erythromycin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

5. Enterococci
Statin (first - line)
Buspirone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Vitamin D supplementation

6. B12 deficiency
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Flutamide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
B12

7. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sildenafil

8. Hypertriglyceridemia
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
All - trans retinoic acid
Fibrate

9. Acute gout attack
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamsulosin - finasteride

10. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Vancomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
All - trans retinoic acid
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

11. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

12. Tonic - clonic seizures
Indomethacin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tamsulosin - finasteride

13. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
B12
Warfarin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

14. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Dantrolene
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Oral KI
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

15. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dantrolene

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Heparin
Beta- interferon

17. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Protamine sulfate

18. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate
Oral KI
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

19. Patent ductus arteriosus
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin
Indomethacin

20. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Tamoxifen
Penicillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

21. Erectile dysfunction
Antitoxin
Sildenafil
Statin (first - line)
Tamoxifen

22. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor
Methicillin/naficillin
Heparin

23. Hyperaldosteronism
Protamine sulfate
Spironolactone
Ganciclovir
Dantrolene

24. Osteomalacia/rickets
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vitamin D supplementation
Warfarin

25. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Flutamide
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

26. Pheochromocytoma
Mifepristone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

27. Buerger's disease
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Smoking cessation
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

28. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin prophylaxis

29. Folate deficiency
Amantadine/rimantadine
Erythromycin
Folate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

30. Carcinoid syndrome
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral KI
Octreotide
Protamine sulfate

31. Candida albicans
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Flutamide
IFN- a

32. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Sildenafil
Penicillin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

33. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Dantrolene
Fluids - insulin - K+
Statin (first - line)

34. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methicillin/naficillin
Indomethacin

35. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs (first - line)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

36. Treponema pallidum
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

37. Streptococcus bovis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis

38. Warfarin toxicity
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Vancomycin
Dantrolene

39. Alcohol abuse
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methicillin/naficillin
Mifepristone
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

40. Stable angina
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamoxifen
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

41. Streptococcus pyogenes
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
B12
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

43. Migraine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone
Trastuzumab

44. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
All - trans retinoic acid
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vitamin D supplementation

45. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Oral metronidazole
Buspirone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

46. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Folate

47. Hemorrhagic cystitis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- ASA - infliximab

48. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antitoxin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

49. Clostridium tetani
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis

50. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fluids - insulin - K+
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)