ToCS unit 3 task 6

tapping the chest to elicit vibrations

• auscultation

• percussion

• spirometry

coughing up / expelling material from the airways

• expectoration

• sputum

involuntary, rhythmic contraction of the airways

• asthma

• status asthmaticus

• laryngospasm

pus accumulation/build-up in the chest

• emphysema

• empyema thoracis

bronchial tubes permanently and abnormally widened

• bronchospasm

• bronchiectasis

acute inflammation of the voicebox

• laryngitis

• sinusitis

• pharyngitis

• tonsillitis

air accumulated in the interpleural space / in the pelural cavity

• pyothorax

• hemothorax

• pneumothorax

• hydrothorax

pain in the pelural cavity

• pneumonia

• pleurodynia