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QUESTION 93 A 44-year-old male patient presents in a hypertensive crisis. The blood pressure is
240,:‘136 mm Hg. pulse is 128 ppm. and the patient is complaining of a severe. pounding
headache. His skin is diaphoretic and he is visibly tremulous. The first diagnostic study to
evaluate the suspected diagnosis should be a: r A 24 hour urine for catecholamine
metabolites r 3 Serum epinephrine and
metanephrines I." C T scan of the abdomen