Test: NCLEX

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You are the nurse taking care of a 20-year old patient who complains of palpitations, feelings of anxiety, headaches, and sweating for the last two months. You take the patient's vital signs, and find that they are tachycardic and hypertensive. Thyroid function tests and a urine drug screen are both within normal limits. 24-hour urine catecholamines and metanephrines are markedly elevated. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Amphetamine abuse

Cocaine abuse

Generalized anxiety disorder

Panic attack

Pheochromocytoma

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