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A 68-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department with confusion. He has a background of chronic liver disease secondary to alcohol excess. On examination, he is disoriented in time and place, jaundiced, and has a coarse flapping tremor of his outstretched hands. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment for his condition?

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