Practitioner assess patient for hepatic encephalopathy

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While examining a patient with liver cirrhosis, the nurse practitioner assess the patient for hepatic encephalopathy. They have the patient raise their hands and try to keep them still, but the patient keeps a tremor that makes his hands wave or go anterior in a flapping look like a bird flapping its wings. Which manifestation of cirrhosis is this known as? Group of answer choices Coagulopathy Abdominal ascites Spider angioma Asterixis.

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