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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Pheochromocytoma
Smoking cessation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
B12
Bosentan

2. Immediate anticoagulation
Fluids - insulin - K+
Bosentan
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Heparin

3. Bulimia
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

4. Temporal arteritis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
High - dose steroids
Vitamin D supplementation

5. Toxoplasma gondii
Statin (first - line)
Imatinib
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

6. Hyperaldosteronism
Bosentan
Spironolactone
Trastuzumab
Amantadine/rimantadine

7. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Vitamin D supplementation

8. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Imatinib
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

9. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

10. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin
Antitoxin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

11. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs
Octreotide
Tamoxifen

12. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Heparin
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Sumatriptan

13. Infertility
High - dose steroids
Benzodiazepines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

14. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Corticosteroids - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

15. Candida albicans
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Protamine sulfate

16. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Vitamin D supplementation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Flutamide

17. Depression
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dantrolene
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)

18. Alcohol abuse
Folate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Tamsulosin - finasteride

19. Neural tube defect prevention
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Warfarin
Fluids - insulin - K+

20. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen

21. Cryptococcus neoformans
Warfarin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

22. Sickle cell anemia
High - dose steroids
TMP- SMX
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

23. Neisseria meningitidis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Folate

24. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin
Fibrate

25. Folate deficiency
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Beta- interferon
Folate

26. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
All - trans retinoic acid
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Bosentan

27. Chronic gout
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

28. Osteomalacia/rickets
SSRIs
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation
Fluids - insulin - K+

29. Treponema pallidum
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin
Statin (first - line)
Ganciclovir

30. Staphylococcus aureus
High - dose steroids
B12
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Methicillin/naficillin

31. Buerger's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Trastuzumab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

32. Hypertriglyceridemia
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral metronidazole
Fibrate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

33. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Protamine sulfate
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Imatinib

34. Absence seizures
SSRIs (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ethosuximide

35. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Trastuzumab
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

36. Multiple sclerosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Beta- interferon

37. Prolactinoma
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Aromatase inhibitor
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

38. Acute gout attack
Buspirone
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

39. Anxiety
Bosentan
Dantrolene
Imatinib
Buspirone

40. Influenza
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

41. Ulcerative colitis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Demeclocycline - lithium

42. B12 deficiency
B12
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

43. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Methicillin/naficillin

44. Trichomonas vaginalis
Heparin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Octreotide

45. Streptococcus pyogenes
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs (first - line)

46. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Dantrolene
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Aromatase inhibitor
Ganciclovir

47. Streptococcus bovis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

48. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Mifepristone
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX

49. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Flutamide
Protamine sulfate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Heparin

50. Prostate carcinoma
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Flutamide