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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF3C21.1AC57A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would endorse all that Esat Atikkan has to say in his post. I would = also add that for all divers who consider that they think before diving = (and I think that this would especially include the WKPP people) that I = would not rush off to have a PFO test. You should all read and = understand the logic behind A.A. (Fred) Bove's analysis of the PFO = problem and what it means to divers that was published recently in = Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (volume 25, number 3, 1998, pages = 175-8). Once you have done this, you will be in a much better position = to judge whether to spend your $300 on such a test or whether to go out = and spend it on something else. Bayesian analysis is very powerful, = especially when applied to this sort of problem. Good diving Chris. Edge UK Sport Diving Medical Committee The views in this mail are my own and are not necessarily endorsed by = the UKSDMC. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF3C21.1AC57A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would endorse all that Esat Atikkan = has to say in=20 his post. I would also add that for all divers who consider that = they=20 think before diving (and I think that this would especially include the = WKPP=20 people) that I would not rush off to have a PFO test. You should = all read=20 and understand the logic behind A.A. (Fred) Bove's analysis of the PFO = problem=20 and what it means to divers that was published recently in Undersea and=20 Hyperbaric Medicine (volume 25, number 3, 1998, pages 175-8). Once = you=20 have done this, you will be in a much better position to judge whether = to spend=20 your $300 on such a test or whether to go out and spend it on something=20 else. Bayesian analysis is very powerful, especially when applied = to this=20 sort of problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good diving</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris. Edge</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>UK Sport Diving Medical = Committee</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The views in this mail are my own and = are not=20 necessarily endorsed by the UKSDMC.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF3C21.1AC57A00-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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