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Old September 29th 07, 06:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default Blood Pressure/Medical (longish)

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Tina writes:

Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined as
a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.


Well, no. The threshold has been regularly lowered. Now some people
are saying that anything above "normal," which seems to be defined as
120/80, is hypertension.



Awww wassamatta, widda fat boi can't get a medical?
Believe me, even if you looked like Johnny Weismuller you wouldn't get a
medical.




Bertie