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A 6-year-old boy with known asthma presents to the emergency department with wheeze and shortness of breath after playing outside. He is speaking in short phrases, respiratory rate is 32 breaths per minute, oxygen saturation 94 percent on room air and peak expiratory flow is 65 percent of predicted. What is the most appropriate initial management?

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