Which is true about treatment of hypeensive crisis with encephalopathy in a patient with a pheochromocytoma.
Immediate surgical removal of the mass is indicated High-dose phenoxybenzamine should be used to control the blood pressure with surgery in 24 to 48 hours Treatment with phentolamine should be staed with low-dose phenoxybenzamine to be titrated upward. Surgery should be done in 2 to 3 weeks once blood pressure is below 160/100 mmHg Beta blockade is contraindicated