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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malignant hyperthermia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Imatinib
Dantrolene

2. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Aromatase inhibitor
Vitamin D supplementation
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

3. Anorexia
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
SSRIs
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

4. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Penicillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Protamine sulfate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

5. Streptococcus bovis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Buspirone
Penicillin prophylaxis

6. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tamoxifen

7. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
TMP- SMX
Statin (first - line)
Sildenafil

8. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Vitamin D supplementation
Statin (first - line)

9. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Flutamide
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

10. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Dantrolene
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

11. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

12. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Oral metronidazole
Dantrolene
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

13. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- ASA - infliximab

14. Neisseria meningitidis
Folate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

15. Bipolar disorder
Erythromycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs (first - line)

16. Toxoplasma gondii
Bosentan
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

17. Bulimia
Flutamide
Heparin
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

18. Sickle cell anemia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Trastuzumab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin

19. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dantrolene
Sumatriptan

20. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fibrate
Flutamide

21. Crohn's disease
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

22. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Trastuzumab
Spironolactone
Mifepristone

23. Prostate carcinoma
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Flutamide
Sildenafil
Sumatriptan

24. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methicillin/naficillin
NSAIDs - colchicine

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Erythromycin
Statin (first - line)
Flutamide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

26. Migraine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sumatriptan
D2 receptor antagonists
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

27. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
All - trans retinoic acid
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

28. Legionella pneumophila
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Erythromycin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

29. SIADH
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Flutamide
Buspirone

30. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Mifepristone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

31. Chronic gout
Fluids - insulin - K+
IFN- a
Dantrolene
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

32. Medical abortion
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Mifepristone

33. Folate deficiency
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Flutamide
Ganciclovir

34. Enterococci
Sumatriptan
5- ASA - infliximab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

35. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fibrate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bosentan

36. Patent ductus arteriosus
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Warfarin
Indomethacin

37. Erectile dysfunction
Flutamide
Ganciclovir
Sildenafil
Amantadine/rimantadine

38. Cryptococcus neoformans
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

39. Multiple sclerosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Trastuzumab
Beta- interferon
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

40. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

41. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Bosentan
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

42. MRSA
Tamoxifen
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Aromatase inhibitor
Vancomycin

43. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Beta- interferon
Vancomycin
Sumatriptan

44. Cystic fibrosis
Penicillin
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mifepristone

45. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sumatriptan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Warfarin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin

47. Diabetes insipidus
Fluids - insulin - K+
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sumatriptan

48. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
IFN- a

49. Clostridium tetani
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
High - dose steroids
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

50. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Sildenafil
Fibrate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement