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A 58-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with a large fluctuant swelling the site of a recent insect bite. She is anxious, tachycardic and pyrexial. An ECG shows critical fibrillation. She is noted to have a goiter. The swelling at the site of the bite requires surgical drainage. Which of the following classes of drug would be most appropriate as part of her preoperative preparation for surgery?

a. Alpha-1 adrenoceptor agonist

b. Alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist

c. Alpha adrenoceptor blocker

d. Beta adrenoceptor agonist

e. Beta adrenoceptor blocker.

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