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A 29-year-old woman presents 4 hours after ingesting an unknown quantity of aspirin tablets in a suicide attempt. She has tinnitus, nausea, tachypnoea and a mixed metabolic acidosis/respiratory alkalosis on blood gases. Serum salicylate level is significantly elevated. What is the most appropriate next step in management?

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