Hypertension: A Summary

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Robert M. Rose, MD is employed at the Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology,
And Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Rose is recognized as an expert in numerous fields of cardiology; this includes consultive, clinical, and interventional. He is a member of the board at Brotman Medical Center, as well as a member of the Board of Directors. He received his initial education at Wayne State University in Detroit. From there, he completed his residency at Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and West Los Angeles (Wadsworth) Veterans Administration Hospital. Finally, he completed his fellowship at UCLA, West Los Angeles,
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It encourages readers to see and understand the study that has been conducted to show, on a large scale, the consequences, and negative effects, of working this job. There are numerous articles based on this topic, such as “Hypertension; Air traffic controllers ' stress affects later hypertension”, “Measures of Stress/Strain on Air Traffic Controllers in Simulated Air Traffic Control”, and “Critical Incident Stress Management in Aviation”, which emphasis the idea that air traffic controlling is a severely stressful job. The title, “Predictors of Psychopathology in Air Traffic Controllers”, indicates that the article is going to address that there are developing risks, and what those risks are. This shows that there is a rhetorical question that subliminally asks where or not the occupation is worth the …show more content…
Rose addresses numerous issues that could be connected to the stresses of air traffic controlling. He has numerous references that link to topics such as occupational enjoyment, other researchers assessing the psychotherapy of the subjects, the difference between the symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well as other scholarly sources related to the topic. The sources indicate that the author used outside references on the individual symptoms, as well as the broad picture, to support his research, and to give it additional support to his claim. Dr. Rose states, “Although the study systematically assessed both the prevalence and incidence of many physical problems, including the very significant frequency of hypertension among controllers, this article will be restricted to discussion of the extent of psychopathology along with those variables which were found to be predictors of psychopathology.” This indicates that the topic will be narrowed to the predictors of the stress-related issues, however it addresses, on a broader scale, the other issues. Being as there are numerous supporting articles that support the study on many aspects, the sources highlight the credibility of the authors

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