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90 Cards in this Set
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Absence seizures |
Ethosuximide |
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Acute gout attack |
NSAIDs, colchicine, glucocorticoids |
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) |
All-trans retinoic acid |
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ADHD |
Methylphenidate, CBT, atomoxetine |
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Alcoholism |
Disulfiram, acamprosate, naltrexone, supportive care
Too much alcohol and you fall face first into the S.A.N.D |
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Alcohol withdrawal |
Long-acting benzodiazepines |
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Anorexia |
Nutrition, psychotherapy, mirtazapine |
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Anticoagulation during pregnancy |
Heparin |
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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue |
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine) |
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B12 deficiency |
Vitamin B12 supplementation (work up cause with Schilling test) |
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
α1 -antagonists, 5α -reductase inhibitors, PDE-5 inhibitors |
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Bipolar disorder |
Mood stabilizers (e.g., lithium, valproic acid, carbamazepine), atypical antipsychotics |
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Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman |
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole) |
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Buerger disease |
Smoking cessation |
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Bulimia nervosa |
SSRIs |
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Candida albicans |
Topical azoles (vaginitis); nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (oral/esophageal); fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotericin B (systemic) |
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Carcinoid syndrome |
Octreotide |
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Chlamydia trachomatis |
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants) |
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Chronic gout |
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors (e.g., allopurinol, febuxostat) |
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Chronic hepatitis B or C |
IFN-α (HBV and HCV); ribavirin, simeprevir, sofosbuvir (HCV) |
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia |
Imatinib |
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Clostridium botulinum |
Antitoxin |
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Clostridium difficile |
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin |
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Clostridium tetani |
Antitoxin |
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CMV |
Ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir |
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Crohn disease |
Corticosteroids, infliximab, azathioprine |
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Cryptococcus neoformans |
Fluconazole (in AIDS patients) |
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Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis |
Mesna |
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Depression |
SSRIs (first-line) |
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Diabetes insipidus |
Desmopressin (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic) |
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Diabetes mellitus type 1 |
Dietary intervention (low carbohydrate) + insulin replacement |
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Diabetes mellitus type 2 |
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin (if refractory) |
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Diabetic ketoacidosis |
Fluids, insulin, K+ |
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Enterococci |
Vancomycin, aminopenicillins/cephalosporins |
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Erectile dysfunction |
Sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil |
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ER ⊕ breast cancer |
Tamoxifen |
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Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication |
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor) |
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Haemophilus influenzae (B) |
Rifampin (prophylaxis) |
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Generalized anxiety disorder |
SSRIs, SNRIs (first line); buspirone (second line) |
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener) |
Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids |
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Heparin reversal |
Protamine sulfate |
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HER2/neu ⊕ breast cancer |
Trastuzumab |
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Hyperaldosteronism |
Spironolactone |
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Hypercholesterolemia |
Statin (first-line) |
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Hypertriglyceridemia |
Fibrate |
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Immediate anticoagulation |
Heparin |
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Infertility |
Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile), clomiphene |
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Influenza |
Oseltamivir, zanamivir |
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Kawasaki disease |
IVIG, high-dose aspirin |
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Legionella pneumophila |
Macrolides (e.g., azithromycin) |
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Long-term anticoagulation |
Warfarin, dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban |
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Malaria |
Chloroquine, mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite) |
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Malignant hyperthermia |
Dantrolene |
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Medical abortion |
Mifepristone |
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Migraine |
Abortive therapies (e.g., sumatriptan, NSAIDs); prophylaxis (e.g., propranolol, topiramate, CCBs, amitriptyline) |
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Multiple sclerosis |
Disease-modifying therapies (e.g., β -interferon, natalizumab); for acute flares, use IV steroids |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol) |
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent C. trachomatis ) |
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Neisseria meningitidis |
Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis) |
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Neural tube defect prevention |
Prenatal folic acid |
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Osteomalacia/rickets |
Vitamin D supplementation |
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Osteoporosis |
Calcium/vitamin D supplementation (prophylaxis); bisphosphonates, PTH analogs, SERMs, calcitonin, denosumab (treatment) |
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Patent ductus arteriosus |
Close with indomethacin; open or maintain with PGE analogs |
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Pheochromocytoma |
α -antagonists (e.g., phenoxybenzamine) |
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Pneumocystis jirovecii |
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient) |
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Prolactinoma |
Cabergoline/bromocriptine (dopamine agonists) |
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Prostate adenocarcinoma/uterine fibroids |
Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous) |
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Prostate adenocarcinoma |
Flutamide |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Antipseudomonal penicillins, aminoglycosides, carbapenems |
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic) |
Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol |
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Rickettsia rickettsii |
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol |
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Schizophrenia (negative symptoms) |
Atypical antipsychotics |
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Schizophrenia (positive symptoms) |
Typical and atypical antipsychotics |
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SIADH |
Fluid restriction, IV hypertonic saline, conivaptan/tolvaptan, demeclocycline |
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Sickle cell disease |
Hydroxyurea ( fetal hemoglobin) |
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Sporothrix schenckii |
Itraconazole, oral potassium iodide |
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Stable angina |
Sublingual nitroglycerin |
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Staphylococcus aureus |
MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins); MRSA: vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline |
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Streptococcus bovis |
Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia), vancomycin (meningitis) |
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Streptococcus pyogenes |
Penicillin prophylaxis |
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Temporal arteritis |
High-dose steroids |
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Tonic-clonic seizures |
Levetiracetam, phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine |
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Toxoplasma gondii |
Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine |
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Treponema pallidum |
Penicillin |
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Trichomonas vaginalis |
Metronidazole (patient and partner) |
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Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) |
Carbamazepine |
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Ulcerative colitis |
5-ASA preparations (e.g., mesalamine), 6-mercaptopurine, infliximab, colectomy |
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UTI prophylaxis |
TMP-SMX |
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Warfarin reversal |
Fresh frozen plasma (acute), vitamin K (chronic) |
