A patient is admitted with a gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to esophagogastric varices.What medication would the nurse expect the practitioner to order for this patient?

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In acute variceal hemorrhage,control of bleeding can be accomplished through the use of pharmacologic agents.Intravenous vasopressin,somatostatin,and octreotide have been shown to reduce portal venous pressure and slow variceal hemorrhaging by constricting the splanchnic arteriolar bed.

A Patient Is Admitted with a Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Due to Esophagogastric