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A 45-year-old woman on long-term Prednisolone for rheumatoid arthritis presents with acute abdominal pain, vomiting and hypotension after missing her steroids for several days due to a vomiting illness. She is drowsy and hyponatraemic. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?

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