Prognostics
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Prognostics is an ancient medical treatise traditionally attributed to Hippocrates that focuses on predicting the course and outcome of diseases based on clinical signs.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hippocratic treatise
ⓘ
ancient medical treatise ⓘ medical text ⓘ |
| approximateCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hippocratic school of medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
case-based observations
ⓘ
criteria for favorable signs ⓘ criteria for unfavorable signs ⓘ guidelines for evaluating disease severity ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | Classical Greece period ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
early recognition of danger signs
ⓘ
importance of observing the whole patient ⓘ systematic bedside observation ⓘ |
| field |
clinical medicine
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ prognostics in medicine ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clinical signs
ⓘ
physical examination findings ⓘ symptoms ⓘ |
| genre | medical prose ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
development of clinical prognosis
ⓘ
medical epistemology in antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman medical tradition
ⓘ
later Greek medical writers ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
prediction of disease outcome
ⓘ
prediction of the course of disease ⓘ |
| methodology |
empirical observation of patients
ⓘ
systematic recording of clinical signs ⓘ |
| partOf | Hippocratic Corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guide physicians in foretelling the course of disease
ⓘ
to improve physician credibility through accurate predictions ⓘ to predict the likely outcome of illness ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aphorisms (Hippocratic treatise)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epidemics (Hippocratic treatise) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classics
ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Hippocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy |
medieval physicians
ⓘ
physicians in antiquity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
clinical decision-making
ⓘ
communicating prognosis to patients ⓘ |
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