uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Acute pulmonary oedema

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A 76-year-old man with known heart failure due to ischaemic cardiomyopathy presents with acute worsening breathlessness, orthopnoea and pink frothy sputum. He is tachypnoeic, hypoxic and has bilateral crackles to the mid-zones. Blood pressure is 180/100 mmHg. What is the most appropriate immediate pharmacological treatment?

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