While assessing a patient admitted with acute hepatic dysfunction, the nurse notes abnormal involuntary movements of the patient's hands. How should the nurse document this finding?
1. As seizure activity
2. As asterixis
3. As decorticate posturing
4. As hyperreflexia
Answer: 2
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