title: Head injury management algorithm as described in Hippocrates' "peri ton en cephali traumaton".
abstract: HIPPOCRATIC WORKS LEND themselves still today to the modern physician for further analysis of his approach to the diagnosis and treatment of various pathological conditions. We present an attempt to systematize his methodology regarding the management of head trauma and present it in the format of a modern-era algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Mercer University School of Medicine Macon, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Vassilios G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: Theofilos G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Machinis
authors.forename: Kostas N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Fountas
authors.forename: Joe S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D005197:Famous Persons; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D012014:Reference Books, Medical