Treatment Update Flashcards
1st-line treatment
Guttate Psoriasis for everyone
Heals itself over 3-4 months
1st-line treatment
Venous Leg Ulcer for everyone
Compression
1st-line treatment
Eczema Herpeticum for everyone
IV aciclovir
1st-line treatment
TEN/SJS first-line treatment for everyone
Remove medication
1st-line treatment
Erythema Multiforme for everyone
Heals itself over a few weeks
1st-line treatment
Alopecia Areata with evidence of hair regrowth first-line treatment for everyone
nothing
1st-line treatment
Alopecia Areata no hair regrowth and the person has less than 50% hair loss first-line treatment for everyone
watch and wait
1st-line treatment for
Alopecia Areata no hair regrowth and the person has more than 50% hair loss, or treatment is preferred first-line treatment for everyone
topical corticosteroid
Vitiligo 1st-line treatment for everyone
Cosmetic
SCC 1st-line treatment for everyone
Surgical Excision
Actinic Keratosis 1st-line treatment for everyone
Fluorouracil cream twice a week
Solar Keratosis 1st-line treatment for everyone
Fluorouracil cream twice a week
Seborrhoeic keratosis 1st-line treatment for everyone
Cryotherapy or curettage for warts
Malignant Melanoma 1st-line treatment for everyone
Excision Biopsy according to Breslow thickness
Bowens Disease 1st-line treatment for everyone
A single freeze-thaw cycle with liquid nitrogen for 20-30 seconds and topical fluorouracil or
Stage 0 basal cell carcinoma 1st-line treatment for everyone
imiquimod topical
Stage 1 basal cell carcinoma 1st-line treatment for everyone
excision + 1cm margin
Stage 2 basal cell carcinoma 1st-line treatment for everyone
excision + 2cm margin
rapidly developing angiodema 1st-line treatment for everyone
Give slow intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) chlorphenamine and hydrocortisone
Erythroderma 1st-line treatment for everyone
Same day referral to dermatologist
Bullous Pemphigoid 1st-line treatment for everyone
referral to dermatologist + corticosteroid