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Pearls on Intensive Care Medicine Practice - Project "Critical Care A Day"
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Q:
Name at least 4 conditions where "Asterixis" can be a clinical sign?
Answer: Asterixis
is a tremor
of the hand when the wrist is extended. It can be a clinical sign of
Hepatic encephelopathy
Uremia
Severe Hypercarbia, and
Wilson's disease
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