[Transcutaneous bilirubin determination: correlation in white premature infants weighing less than 1500 gm].

The transcutaneous bilirubinometer (TcB) was evaluated in 24 preterm infants of less than 34 weeks gestation and weight less than 1500 g. A close correlation between the TcB index and serum bilirubin values was obtained with 50 measurements at sternum (R = 0.858, p less than 0.

[Intensive phototherapy with a blue double lamp in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia].

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of "intensive phototherapy" (blue double light, 2 X 30 microW/cm2) on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in 41 infants, compared to a control group treated with "single light" phototherapy (1 X 30 microW/cm2). The double light treatment enhances the photodegradation of bilirubin. The number of exchange transfusions was reduced, and no further exchange transfusions had to be carried out.

[Replacement therapy with immunoglobulins in neonatology].

Eighty-two neonates suffering from widespread infection detected at an early stage were treated either with antibiotics alone or with antibiotics combined with immunoglobulins administered intravenously. In 35 children, haemocultures demonstrated septicaemia due to E. coli, Klebsiella spp.