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If a blood pressure is stated as 16 over 10.6 (in units of kilopascals) this means:

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If a blood pressure is stated as 16 over 10.6 (in units of kilopascals) this means: 

  1. pulse pressure is 16 kPa.
  2. diastolic pressure is 10.6 kPa below atmospheric pressure.
  3. systolic pressure is 5.4 kPa above atmospheric pressure
  4. systolic pressure is 16 kPa above atmospheric pressure
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waelhammad
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D: The larger value (16) is the systolic pressure (i.e. maximum blood pressure at end of ventricular contraction) and states by how much the blood pressure is above atmospheric pressure.

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