USMLE Step 1: Clinical presentations
Clinical presentations
Clinical presentations
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Cartes-fiches
Condition:
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Common treatment:
Imatinib
Condition:
Clostridium botulinum
Common treatment:
Antitoxin
Condition:
Clostridium difficile
Common treatment:
Oral metronidazole
Condition:
Clostridium tetani
Common treatment:
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Condition:
Crohn's disease
Common treatment:
Corticosteroids, infliximab
Condition:
Cryptococcus neoformans
Common treatment:
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Condition:
Cystic fibrosis
Common treatment:
N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Condition:
Cytomegalovirus
Common treatment:
Ganciclovir
Condition:
Depression
Common treatment:
SSRIs (first-line)
Condition:
Diabetes insipidus
Common treatment:
- central: Desmopressin
- nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin (inhibits prostaglandins, and prostaglandins inhibit vasopressin's action in the kidney), amiloride
Condition:
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Common treatment:
Dietary intervention (low-sugar) + insulin replacement
Condition:
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Common treatment:
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemic and insulin (possible)
Condition:
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Common treatment:
Fluids, insulin, K+
Condition:
Enterococci
Common treatment:
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Condition:
Erectile dysfunction
Common treatment:
Sildenafil
Condition:
ER-positive breast cancer
Common treatment:
Tamoxifen
Condition:
Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Common treatment:
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Condition:
Folate deficiency
Common treatment:
Folate
Condition:
Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Common treatment:
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Condition:
Hemorrhagic cystitis
Common treatment:
Mesna
Condition:
Heparin toxicity (acute)
Common treatment:
Protamine sulfate
Condition:
HER2/neu-positive breast cancer
Common treatment:
Trastuzumab
Condition:
Hyperaldosteronism
Common treatment:
Spironolactone
Condition:
Hypercholesterolemia
Common treatment:
Statin (first-line)
Condition:
Hypertriglyceridemia
Common treatment:
Fibrate
Condition:
Immediate anticoagulation
Common treatment:
Heparin
Condition:
Infertility
Common treatment:
Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile)
Condition:
Influenza
Common treatment:
Amantadine/rimantadine
Condition:
Legionella pneumophila
Common treatment:
Erythromycin
Condition:
Long-term anticoagulation
Common treatment:
Warfarin
Condition:
Malaria
Common treatment:
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Condition:
Malignant hyperthermia
Common treatment:
Dantrolene
Condition:
Medical abortion
Common treatment:
Mifepristone
Condition:
Migraine
Common treatment:
Sumatriptan
Condition:
MRSA
Common treatment:
Vancomycin
Condition:
Multiple sclerosis
ß-interferon
Condition:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Common treatment:
RIPES (rifampin, INH [isoniazid], pyrazinamide, ethambutol, streptomycin)
Condition:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Common treatment:
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Condition:
Neisseria meningitidis
Common treatment:
Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)
Condition:
Neural tube defect prevention
Common treatment:
Folate
