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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chlamydia trachomatis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation

2. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

3. Sickle cell anemia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dantrolene
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

4. Streptococcus pyogenes
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dantrolene

5. Prolactinoma
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Spironolactone

6. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

7. ADHD
High - dose steroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX

8. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin

9. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Fibrate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

10. Prostate carcinoma
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin
Flutamide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

11. Alcohol abuse
Demeclocycline - lithium
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
All - trans retinoic acid
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

12. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX
Octreotide
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

13. Clostridium tetani
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

14. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

15. Streptococcus bovis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Octreotide

16. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Oral metronidazole
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

17. Enterococci
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
Flutamide

18. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fibrate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

19. Hypertriglyceridemia
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fibrate
High - dose steroids
Sumatriptan

20. Anxiety
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Buspirone
NSAIDs - colchicine

21. B12 deficiency
Folate
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
B12

22. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
D2 receptor antagonists
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
D2 receptor antagonists
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sildenafil

24. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Antitoxin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

25. Bipolar disorder
5- ASA - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate

26. Depression
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs (first - line)

27. Acute gout attack
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Benzodiazepines

28. Osteomalacia/rickets
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Warfarin
Vitamin D supplementation

29. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tamoxifen
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

30. Candida albicans
Mifepristone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide

31. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Protamine sulfate

32. Clostridium botulinum
Amantadine/rimantadine
Antitoxin
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis

33. Alcohol withdrawal
Imatinib
Benzodiazepines
Fluids - insulin - K+
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

34. Multiple sclerosis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ethosuximide
Vancomycin
Beta- interferon

35. Ringworm infections
Oral KI
Dantrolene
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

36. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Indomethacin
High - dose steroids
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

37. Carcinoid syndrome
Dantrolene
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Octreotide
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

38. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Spironolactone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs

39. Infertility
Dantrolene
IFN- a
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Vancomycin

40. Migraine
Protamine sulfate
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sumatriptan

41. Immediate anticoagulation
Indomethacin
Protamine sulfate
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin

42. Neural tube defect prevention
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
Antitoxin

43. Cystic fibrosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

44. Clostridium difficile
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Ethosuximide
SSRIs (first - line)

45. Crohn's disease
Oral KI
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- ASA - infliximab

46. Anorexia
Aromatase inhibitor
SSRIs
Penicillin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

47. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

48. Stable angina
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Heparin

49. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
High - dose steroids
Ganciclovir
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

50. Chronic hepatitis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ganciclovir
IFN- a
Bosentan