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A 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presents with abdominal pain, vomiting and polyuria. His capillary glucose is 28 mmol/L, blood ketones 5.5 mmol/L and venous pH 7.15. He is tachycardic and dehydrated but maintaining his airway. What is the most appropriate initial fluid therapy?

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