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A 23-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presents with abdominal pain, vomiting, and polyuria. He has Kussmaul respirations and smells of ketones. Bedside capillary glucose is 26 mmol/L and urine is strongly positive for ketones. What is the single most important initial treatment?

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