Office hypertension in the military aviator.
High blood pressure is a common problem in aerospace medicine. The standard for evaluating blood pressure in the United States Air Force is the routine blood pressure check and the 5-d blood pressure check. There is a subset of fliers with "office hypertension" who may be on medication needlessly. An Air Force "office hypertensive" is discussed. Home blood pressure recording and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring will identify these patients who may then be managed more appropriately.
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Aerospace Medicine Clinic, USAF Hospital Altus, Altus AFB, Oklahoma 73523.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014481:United States