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A 72-year-old man in a residential aged care facility develops fever, tachycardia and hypotension with a suspected urinary source. In the emergency department he is confused, blood pressure is 86/52 mmHg, heart rate 115 beats/min and lactate 4.5 mmol/L. What is the MOST appropriate initial management priority in the first hour?

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