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

Posted By: n/m on 2007-11-14
In Reply to: Can somebody help - Chalupa Baby!!!

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




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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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fluctuans or fluctuance
Subject: fluctuans or fluctuance

i have an ortho acct where the doc always says erythema, warmth, or fluctuans.  Is that correct??
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 (flk-t-shn)


  1. The act of fluctuating.
  2. 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
Subject: Fluctuance - presence of pus in an infected site - nm