Means L J, Rescorla F J, Grosfeld J L
Department of Anesthesiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
J Pediatr Surg. 1990 Dec;25(12):1278-9. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(90)90531-d.
This report describes a case of acute life-threatening iodine toxicity in an infant with Hirschsprung's disease caused by rectal irrigation with povidone-iodine. A hypothesis regarding absorption and recommendations for povidone-iodine usage for bowel preparation are presented.