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A 63-year-old woman with long-standing type 2 diabetes presents to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, polyuria and abdominal pain. Capillary blood glucose is 28 mmol/L, venous pH is 7.18 and ketones are strongly positive. She is haemodynamically stable. Which is the most appropriate initial fluid resuscitation strategy?

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