The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has Liver

The nurse is caring for a patient who has liver failure and esophageal varices. The patient is to receive vasopressin (Pitressin) for which of the following purposes?

A) To promote portal circulation
B) To maintain blood pressure in a patient with hypotension related to bleeding varices
C) To constrict vessels causing bleeding in esophageal varices
D) To reduce ammonia buildup and encephalopathy