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[GymnJuice]

Might it be that they want him relatively high in this situation? I have no idea, thought just popped into my head. Say if you want good perfusion into organs. Someone here might know? 
I just know if someone loses weight quickly BP usually tanks, that was the case for me when I was in the hospital.

Sometimes they allow for "permissive hypertension" after a stroke. That's usually done at the direction of a neurologist for a specific timeframe and for specific types of strokes. I don't know if this situation would apply.

[ProudVirgin69]

175/108, holy shit, and that's presumably on hospital BP meds.   

Probably erroneous.  He’s got big arms and may have been moving around which would impact the blood pressure readings.

[Van_Bilderass]

Sometimes they allow for "permissive hypertension" after a stroke. That's usually done at the direction of a neurologist for a specific timeframe and for specific types of strokes. I don't know if this situation would apply.

Interesting, thanks.

I read one thing I thought was interesting, when early BP meds were used they put older folks quickly into what they thought were ideal BP ranges but mortality increased. The explanation was that older organs needed higher pressure to get blood perfusion. As I understand it BP increases with age and they may allow higher BP for older folks?