Give me the complete case sheet of cataract and why do we ask those questions in opthal reasoning for everything
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A complete cataract case sheet can be taught systematically, but it is a long ophthalmology topic. It includes:
- Patient details, chief complaints, and history of present illness
- Cataract-focused symptom analysis and the rationale for every question
- Past ocular, medical, surgical, drug, allergy, and family history
- General, ocular, and systemic examination
- Visual acuity, refraction, slit-lamp, IOP, lacrimal-sac, and fundus examination
- Diagnosis, differential diagnosis, investigations, preoperative fitness, IOL planning, and management
- A formatted examination-ready case-sheet template with ophthalmic reasoning
At a high level, every question serves one of five purposes: establish that reduced vision is due to lens opacity, identify cataract type and cause, exclude another visual pathway disease, detect factors that alter surgery or IOL choice, and identify the patient's postoperative visual potential.
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Which cataract case sheet should I develop in full first?
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