Fatal iodine toxicity following surgical debridement of a hip wound: case report.
This report presents the case of a patient who expired 10 hours following and emergent hip-wound debridement where Betadine, a povidone iodine solution, was used to provide continuous postoperative wound irrigation. Toxic manifestations of systemic iodine absorption appeared to cause her demise.
D'Auria
J
J
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Lipson
S
S
Garfield
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
D007455:Iodine