A Patient with Liver Failure and Esophageal Varices Is Prescribed

A patient with liver failure and esophageal varices is prescribed to receive vasopressin.What should the nurse realize is the purpose for this medication?

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