Tension pneumothorax treatment
needle decompression –> chest tube
DKA treatment
- normal saline
- insulin aspart
- oral potassium chloride (if <5.3)
myasthenia gravis treatment
oral pyridostigmine
confirmatory test for myasthenia gravis
acetylcholine / acetylcholine receptor
myasthenia gravis definitive treatment
surgical removal of thymoma
bacterial prostatitis treatment
oral trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
abdominal abscess treatment
IV metronidazole
emperic treatment for aspiration PNA
IV amoxicillin-clavulanate
treatment for pericarditis
- oral NSAIDS
- oral colchicine
- IV pantoprazole
what cells are seen in Hodgkin lymphoma?
Reed-Sternberg cells (owl eye nuclei w/ clear cytoplasm)
antibiotics for diverticulitis
- IV ciprofloxacin
- IV metronidazole
treatment for symptomatic bradycardia
IV atropine
treatment for 3rd degree heart block
temporary pacemaker
antibiotics for cholecystitis
- IV ceftriaxone
- IV metronidazole
initial treatment for unstable angina
- sublingual nitroglycerin
- IV heparin
- oral aspirin
- IV morphine
- IV metoprolol
- oral atorvastatin
autoantibody in celiac disease
TTG-IgA
antibiotics for COPD exacerbation
- IV ceftriaxone
- IV azithromycin
tuberculosis antimicrobials
- oral rifampin
- oral pyrazinamide
- oral ethambutol
- oral isoniazid
initial treatment in STEMI
- oxygen
- IV morphine
- sublingual nitroglycerin
- oral aspirin
- oral metoprolol
- oral atorvastatin
- oral clopidogrel
heart failure treatment
- oral furosemide
- oral metoprolol
- oral lisinopril
IF symptomatic at rest, add:
* oral spironolactone
* oral digoxin
preventative medication in sickle cell anemia
oral hydroxyurea (increases fetal Hgb)
antibiotics for PNA in cystic fibrosis
IV pipercillin-tazobactam
