STUDIES OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN ARMY OFFICERS
- 8 July 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 125 (10) , 699-701
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1944.02850280015004
Abstract
During the past two years large numbers of men have been examined, under the auspices of the Selective Service System, to determine their fitness for active military duty. A recent study1 has shown that about one fourth of those rejected for cardiovascular reasons were disqualified because of hypertension. The range of the normal blood pressure, both systolic and diastolic, is still not clearly defined; and critical levels, above which it is unsafe or unwise to accept a registrant, have not been established on a sound, factual basis. Transient, "emotional" elevations of blood pressure have been recognized but discounted by the Army. In Mobilization Regulations 1-9, issued by the War Department on Oct. 15, 1942, it is stated that, "if the blood pressure appears to be abnormally high, it will be measured after the subject has rested in the recumbent position." A cause for rejection is "a persistent blood pressureThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: