fluctuans or fluctuance

Posted By: gracek on 2008-05-27
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Subject: fluctuans or fluctuance

i have an ortho acct where the doc always says erythema, warmth, or fluctuans. Is that correct??

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fluctuans or fluctuance - gracek
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Fluctuans?????
Subject: Fluctuans?????

Ortho doc always dictating this word in physical examination... No evidence of erythema, warmth, effusion or fluctuance.

Is it fluctuans or fluctuance??? Any ideas? Been typing fluctuans for years now but not sure if it is correct. Never heard anything back from the doc saying it was incorrect.

what is that? I do know fluctuance....
Subject: what is that? I do know fluctuance....

fluctuance? sm
Subject: fluctuance? sm

right small finger nail bed injury and distal phalanx fracture.

There is decreased sensation to the distal small fingertip. No erythema is seen. There is no s/l fluctuance to the swollen area

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it's fluctuance (nm)
Subject: it's fluctuance (nm)

fluctuance is correct
Subject: fluctuance is correct

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fluctuants, not fluctuance
Subject: fluctuants, not fluctuance

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fluctuance? just a guess NM
Subject: fluctuance? just a guess NM

Too late, but the word fluctuance
Subject: Too late, but the word fluctuance

doesn't record well in my experience, so I would have suggested that.

Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary
Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

fluctuation (fl

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The act of fluctuating.
A wavelike motion felt on palpating a cavity with nonrigid walls, especially one containing fluid. Syn: fluctuance

Fluctuance - presence of pus in an infected site - nm
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