| Palmar pustules (as in neonatal candidiasis20) | Pink puffer |
| Palpable purpura (Henoch-Schönlein purpura) | Pleuritic pain |
| Paradoxical pulse | Poison pen (see text) |
| Parakeratosa pustulosa (may include psoriatic pitting21) | Polymorphous perverse |
| Paralytic (or postinoculation) poliomyelitis | Pool palms28 (see text) |
| Parapsoriatic plaques | Poor prognosis |
| Passion purpura (“hickey”) | Popsicle panniculitis29 |
| Paediatric Puzzler (see text) | The portable paediatrician30 (see text) |
| Paediatricians' perceptions22 | Postsurgical pemphigus31 |
| Paediatrician presence23 | Postural proteinuria |
| Pediculosis pubis | Practice parameter |
| Penile purpura (as manifestation of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus24) | Precocious puberty |
| Perianal pruritus (see text) | Prolapse paranoia (mitral valve32) |
| Periodic paralysis | Prone position |
| Periodic polyserositis (familial Mediterranean fever) | Prophylactic penicillin |
| Periumbilical purpura (as in disseminated strongyloidiasis25) | Prurigo of pregnancy33 |
| Pes planus | Puffer poison (tetrodotoxin from puffer fish) |
| Piezogenic papules2627 | Purulent pericarditis |
| Pyrantel (or pyrvinium) pamoate (see text) |
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