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A 72-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with severe headache, nausea and confusion. Her blood pressure is 220/122 mm Hg, heart rate 92 beats/min, and she has bilateral papilloedema on funduscopic examination. Creatinine is 200 µmol/L (baseline 90 µmol/L). Which management strategy is most appropriate now?

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