A patient with a severe head injury begins to assume a posture of flexed upper extremities,with plantar-flexed lower extremities.These assessments indicate:
A) Increasing intracranial pressure (ICP) with decorticate posturing
B) Decreasing ICP with decerebrate posturing
C) Decreasing ICP with decorticate posturing
D) Increasing intracranial pressure with decerebrate posturing.
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