Your Medical Exam and Hypertension

According to Glenn L. Stoutt, Jr., M.D., and senior FAA aviation medical examiner, the number-one problem most pilots have during their routine FAA medical examination is elevated blood pressure (hypertension). Hypertension is often called ``the silent killer,'' because it usually causes no symptoms...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.