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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Ethosuximide
Smoking cessation
Sildenafil

2. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Bosentan
Ganciclovir

3. Ringworm infections
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Trastuzumab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

4. Folate deficiency
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Warfarin
Folate
Aromatase inhibitor

5. Toxoplasma gondii
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

6. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Protamine sulfate
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

7. B12 deficiency
Heparin
B12
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

8. Bipolar disorder
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

9. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Statin (first - line)
High - dose steroids
Folate

10. 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)
Fibrate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

11. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
TMP- SMX
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

12. Prolactinoma
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium

13. Legionella pneumophila
TMP- SMX
Benzodiazepines
Protamine sulfate
Erythromycin

14. Wegener's granulomatosis
Heparin
Benzodiazepines
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Spironolactone

15. Bulimia
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs

16. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Heparin
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

17. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

18. Streptococcus bovis
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamoxifen
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

19. Multiple sclerosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bosentan
Beta- interferon

20. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Antitoxin

21. ADHD
Tamoxifen
Mifepristone
Spironolactone
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

22. Depression
Tamsulosin - finasteride
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs (first - line)

23. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Folate
Heparin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

24. Pheochromocytoma
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ganciclovir
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs

25. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin
Aromatase inhibitor

26. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ganciclovir
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

27. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sildenafil
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Folate

28. Chlamydia trachomatis
Imatinib
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
TMP- SMX
Statin (first - line)

29. Chronic gout
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

30. Alcohol withdrawal
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin

31. Absence seizures
Aromatase inhibitor
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ethosuximide
Smoking cessation

32. Clostridium difficile
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis

33. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Methicillin/naficillin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

34. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
B12
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

35. Alcohol abuse
Penicillin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

36. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tamoxifen
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

37. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

38. Sporothrix schenckii
Trastuzumab
Benzodiazepines
Oral KI
SSRIs

39. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Imatinib
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Warfarin

40. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Flutamide
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Erythromycin

41. Prostate carcinoma
Bosentan
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Flutamide

42. Medical abortion
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mifepristone
Folate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

43. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

44. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Oral metronidazole

45. Temporal arteritis
Heparin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
High - dose steroids
Aromatase inhibitor

46. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
B12
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vitamin D supplementation

47. Sickle cell anemia
Benzodiazepines
Smoking cessation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

48. Diabetes insipidus
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

49. Acute gout attack
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
B12
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

50. Anorexia
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)