{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["55(1)"],"submitter":["Smart D"],"pubmed_abstract":["This consensus statement is the product of a workshop at the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 with representation of the United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee (UKDMC) present, and subsequent discussions included the entire UKDMC. A large right-to-left shunt across a persistent (patent) foramen ovale (PFO), an atrial septal defect (ASD) or a pulmonary shunt is a risk factor for some types of decompression sickness (DCS). It is agreed that routine screening for a right-to-left shunt is not currently justifiable, but certain high risk sub-groups can be identified. Individuals with a history of cerebral, spinal, vestibulocochlear, cardiovascular or cutaneous DCS, migraine with aura or cryptogenic stroke; a family history of PFO or ASD and individuals w"],"journal":["Diving and hyperbaric medicine"],"pagination":["51-55"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12043516"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Joint position statement on atrial shunts (persistent [patent] foramen ovale and atrial septal defects) and diving: 2025 update. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) and the United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee (UKDMC)."],"pmcid":["PMC12043516"],"pubmed_authors":["Banham N","Turner M","Wilmshurst P","Mitchell SJ","Smart D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Joint position statement on atrial shunts (persistent [patent] foramen ovale and atrial septal defects) and diving: 2025 update. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) and the United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee (UKDMC).","description":"This consensus statement is the product of a workshop at the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 with representation of the United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee (UKDMC) present, and subsequent discussions included the entire UKDMC. A large right-to-left shunt across a persistent (patent) foramen ovale (PFO), an atrial septal defect (ASD) or a pulmonary shunt is a risk factor for some types of decompression sickness (DCS). It is agreed that routine screening for a right-to-left shunt is not currently justifiable, but certain high risk sub-groups can be identified. Individuals with a history of cerebral, spinal, vestibulocochlear, cardiovascular or cutaneous DCS, migraine with aura or cryptogenic stroke; a family history of PFO or ASD and individuals w","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Mar","modification":"2025-06-25T03:06:32.317Z","creation":"2025-06-25T03:06:32.317Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12043516","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40090026"],"doi":["10.28920/dhm55.1.51-55"]}}