A 51-year-old male is admitted to the neurological critical care unit with a severe closed head injury.All four extremities are in rigid extension,his forearm is hyperpronated,and his legs are in plantar extension.How should the nurse chart this condition?
A) Decorticate posturing
B) Decerebrate posturing
C) Caloric posturing
D) Excitation posturing

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The description is of a patient in decerebrate posturing.
The patient is in decerebrate posturing,not decorticate.
The patient is in decerebrate posturing,not caloric.
The patient is in decerebrate posturing,not excitation.

A 51-Year-Old Male Is Admitted to the Neurological Critical Care