Noninvasive estimation of serum bilirubin.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and clinical usefulness of a new computer-driven, hand-held device (Chromatics Colormate III) to estimate serum bilirubin from skin-reflectance (skin color) of neonates.

Study Design: A total of 2441 infants (both term and premature) at two hospitals had repeated measurements of transcutaneous bilirubin. Of these infants, 900 had one or more laboratory determinations of serum bilirubin.

An evaluation of repeated injections of epinephrine for the initial treatment of acute asthma.

We evaluated 4 treatment regimens using single and multiple injections of epinephrine for the initial treatment of acute asthma in children. Twenty-five patients received 2 injections of epinephrine followed by Sus-Phrine (Group EES) given 20 min apart, 25 received Sus-Phrine only (Group S), 24 received Sus-Phrine followed by 2 placebo injections 20 min apart (Group SPP), and 14 received epinephrine only (Group E). Clinical score and pulmonary function were assessed over a 2-h period.