Harrison's Manual of Medicine
- pacemaker, for bradycardia
- Pacific Coast tick fever
- palivizumab
- palmar xanthoma
- palpation, precordial
- palpitations
- pancreatectomy
- pancreatic cancer
- pancreatic enzyme replacement
- pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
- pancreatic islet-cell tumors
- pancreatic necrosis
- pancreatic pseudocyst
- panitumumab, for colorectal cancer
- papillary necrosis
- Pappenheimer bodies
- papulosquamous disorders
- paracoccidioidomycosis
- parainfluenza virus
- paralytic disease, in poliovirus infections
- paralytic shellfish poisoning
- paranoid personality disorder
- paraparesis
- parathyroidectomy, for hyperparathyroidism
- parcopa, for Parkinson's disease
- parenchymatous syphilis
- parotitis, in mumps
- parvovirus B19 infections
- pasireotide, for acromegaly
- Pastia's lines
- patch (skin lesion)
- patch tests
- patent foramen ovale, antithrombotic therapy for
- patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
- patiromer, for hyperkalemia
- PBP (primary bacterial peritonitis)
- PCA (patient-controlled analgesia)
- PCP: see Pneumocystis pneumonia
- PCP (phencyclidine)
- PCSK9 inhibitors
- PCT (procalcitonin)
- PCV syndrome, for astrocytoma
- peau d'orange appearance
- pediculiasis
- pegloticase, for gout
- pegvisomant, for acromegaly
- pegylated interferon (PEG IFN), for chronic hepatitis B
- Pelger-Hüet anomaly
- pembrolizumab, for melanoma
- pemetrexed, for lung cancer
- pemoline, for depression
- penciclovir, for HSV infections
- penicillin VK, for pharyngitis
- penicilliosis: see talaromycosis
- pentamidine isethionate, for leishmaniasis
- pentazocine abuse
- pentobarbital, for status epilepticus
- Peptostreptococcus infections
- peramivir, for influenza
- percutaneous needle aspiration, of lung
- percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
- periappendicitis
- periarticular disorders
- pericardial effusion
- pericardial effusion/tamponade
- pericardial stripping/window
- pericardiectomy, for pericarditis
- pericardiocentesis, for cardiac tamponade
- perichondritis
- perihepatitis
- perimenopause
- perinephric abscess
- periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS)
- periodic paralysis
- periodontal disease
- periorbital edema
- peripheral nerves, cutaneous areas supplied by
- peripheral spondyloarthritis
- peristalsis
- peritoneal fluid, paracentesis of
- peritonsillar abscess
- perleche
- perphenazine
- personality disorders
- pertussis
- PET (positron emission tomography)
- peyote
- phagocytic cells, deficiencies of
- pharmacologic stress testing
- pharyngeal gonorrhea
- pharyngoconjunctival fever
- phencyclidine (PCP)
- phenelzine
- phentermine/topiramate
- phentolamine, for malignant hypertension
- phenylpropanolamine
- pheresis therapy
- phobic disorders
- phosphofructokinase deficiency
- photosensitivity
- physical activity
- pigment gallstones
- pill rolling
- pilocarpine, for Sjögren's syndrome
- pimavanserin
- pinta
- pioglitazone, for diabetes mellitus
- piracetam, for myoclonus
- pitavastatin, for dyslipidemia
- pitting
- pituitary apoplexy
- pituitary tumor
- pizotifen, for migraine prevention
- plague
- plantar reflex
- plaque (lesion of MS)
- plaque (skin lesion)
- plasmacytoma
- platelet clumping
- platelet disorders
- plateletpheresis
- platelet transfusion
- PLCH (pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis)
- pleurisy
- pleurodynia, enteroviral
- pleuropulmonary infections, anaerobic
- PLMS (periodic limb movements of sleep)
- Plummer's nails
- PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
- PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)
- PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
- Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)
- pneumonic plague
- podagra
- poikilocytosis
- poison control center
- poliovirus infections
- polychondritis, relapsing
- polycystic kidney disease
- polyene agents, for candidiasis
- polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
- polysomnography
- pomalidomide, for multiple myeloma
- Pompe's disease
- ponatinib, for CML
- Pontiac fever
- porphyria cutanea tarda
- Porphyromonas infections
- Portuguese man-of-war injury
- positron emission tomography (PET)
- post-concussion headache
- postmeningococcal reactive disease
- postmenopausal hormone therapy
- postpolio syndrome
- postradiation fibrosis
- postthrombotic syndrome
- postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
- potassium hydroxide preparation
- potassium iodide, for thyroid storm
- potassium perchlorate, for amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis
- potassium restriction, for hyperkalemia
- potassium therapy, for alcoholic liver disease
- Pott's disease
- Pott's puffy tumor
- PPMS (primary progressive multiple sclerosis)
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- pramlintide, for diabetes mellitus
- prasugrel, for UA/NSTEMI
- pravastatin, for dyslipidemia
- prazosin, for vasospastic disorders
- prealbumin
- preleukemia
- premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- preventive medicine
- Preventive Services Task Force, U.S., recommendations of
- Prevotella infections
- prilocaine, for polyneuropathy
- primary (spontaneous) bacterial peritonitis (PBP)
- primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)
- primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
- Prinzmetal's variant angina
- prion diseases
- pritelivir, for HSV infection
- probiotics, for irritable bowel syndrome
- procalcitonin (PCT)
- proctocolitis
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- prolactinoma
- promethazine, for vertigo
- propafenone, for arrhythmias
- Propionibacterium acnes infections
- propoxyphene abuse
- propylthiouracil (PTU), for thyrotoxicosis
- Prostascint scanning
- prostate biopsy, transrectal ultrasound
- prostatectomy, radical retropubic
- prostate hyperplasia
- prostatitis
- prosthetic valve, antithrombotic therapy for
- protease inhibitors, for HIV infection
- protein requirements
- protein restriction, in chronic kidney disease
- Proteus infections
- prothrombin time
- protriptyline, for narcolepsy
- Providencia infections
- prune juice
- pruritus ani
- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis)
- pseudoaneurysm
- pseudocyst, pancreatic
- pseudogout
- pseudohyponatremia
- pseudomelena
- pseudoseizures
- pseudothrombocytopenia
- pseudotumor cerebri
- PSI (Pneumonia Severity Index)
- psilocybin
- psittacosis
- psoralens, for polycythemia vera
- psoriatic arthritis
- psychostimulants
- psychotic disorders
- PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder)
- PTU (propylthiouracil), for thyrotoxicosis
- pubic louse
- puddle sign
- pulmonary angiography
- pulmonary artery catheters
- pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH)
- pulmonary nodule, solitary
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
- pulmonic valve regurgitation
- pulseless disease
- pulseless electrical activity
- pulsus alternans
- pulsus bisferiens
- pulsus paradoxus
- pulsus parvus
- pulsus tardus
- pupillary signs, in coma
- pure alexia
- pure red-cell aplasia
- pure word deafness
- purging behavior
- purine metabolism deficiency
- purpura
- pustule
- Puumala virus
- PUVA, for psoriasis
- pyloroplasty
- pyridoxine deficiency
- pyrogen
- pyruvate kinase deficiency
- pyuria