Ensure Patients With Variceal Bleeding Get the Right Meds

July 2018

You'll see orders for meds to help stop "variceal bleeding" in the esophagus.

Patients with cirrhosis may not have blood flowing normally through the liver. This can lead to blood backing up and forming "varices," or enlarged, weak vessels, in the esophagus.

These varices may rupture...leading to life-threatening bleeding.

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Ensure Patients With Variceal Bleeding Get the Right Meds

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