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A 58-year-old man presents to the emergency department with fever, hypotension (BP 82/46 mmHg), tachycardia and suspected pneumonia. After initial resuscitation and cultures, according to the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline, what is the recommended timing for empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics in this patient with possible septic shock?

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