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222        CRITICAL CARE NURSING  DeMYSTIFIED



                              NURSING ALERT

                              While both conditions of decerebrate and decorticate rigidity are very serious,
                              decerebrate posturing has a more significant detrimental prognosis as compared to


                              abnormal flexion or decorticate posturing.







                                                                           A. Decorticate









                                                                           B. Decerebrate








                                                                           C. Decorticate on right;             Downloaded by [ Faculty of Nursing, Chiangmai University 5.62.158.117] at [07/18/16]. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC. Not to be redistributed or modified in any way without permission.
                                                                             decerebrate on left







                                                                           D. Opisthotonus



















                            FIGURE 5–3  •  Decorticate and decerebrate rigidity.
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