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Polymer substance: Polyethylene Glycol 3350 — linear homopolymer of ethylene oxide (id = "peg3350")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- Example: Polyethylene Glycol 3350 (PEG 3350) — a homopolymer of ethylene oxide with number-average molecular weight ~3350 Da. Demonstrates the new SubstanceDefinition polymer backbones added for FHIR-57660: .polymer.class, .geometry, .monomerSet.startingMaterial, .repeat.repeatUnit with degree of polymerisation. Adapted from ISO 11238 Implementation Guide polymer example for PEG 3350. --><SubstanceDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="peg3350"/> <identifier> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/SMSId"/> <value value="PEG3350P"/> </identifier> <status> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/publication-status"/> <code value="active"/> <display value="Active"/> </coding> </status> <classification> <coding> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/SubstanceType"/> <code value="polymer"/> <display value="Polymer"/> </coding> </classification> <domain> <coding> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/Domain"/> <code value="human"/> <display value="Human use"/> </coding> </domain> <description value="Polyethylene Glycol 3350 (PEG 3350, Macrogol 3350) — a synthetic polyether of ethylene oxide with number-average molecular weight approximately 3350 Da. Linear homopolymer used as an osmotic laxative and a pharmaceutical excipient."/> <code> <code> <coding> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/Substance"/> <code value="PEG3350P"/> </coding> </code> </code> <name> <name value="Polyethylene Glycol 3350"/> <preferred value="true"/> <language> <coding> <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47"/> <code value="en"/> <display value="English"/> </coding> </language> <official> <authority> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/substance-name-authority"/> <code value="USAN"/> <display value="USAN"/> </coding> </authority> <status> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/publication-status"/> <code value="active"/> <display value="Active"/> </coding> </status> </official> </name> <name> <name value="Macrogol 3350"/> <preferred value="false"/> </name> <molecularWeight> <type> <coding> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/WeightType"/> <code value="number-average"/> <display value="Number average (Mn)"/> </coding> </type> <amount> <value value="3350"/> <unit value="g/mol"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="g/mol"/> </amount> </molecularWeight> <polymer> <class> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-class"/> <code value="homopolymer"/> <display value="Homopolymer"/> </coding> </class> <geometry> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-geometry"/> <code value="linear"/> <display value="Linear"/> </coding> </geometry> <monomerSet> <ratioType> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-monomer-ratio-type"/> <code value="monomer-polymer-ratio"/> <display value="Monomer/Polymer ratio"/> </coding> </ratioType> <startingMaterial> <code> <concept> <coding> <system value="http://example.europa.eu/fhir/Substance"/> <code value="ethylene-oxide"/> <display value="Ethylene oxide"/> </coding> </concept> </code> <category> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-starting-material-category"/> <code value="chemical-substance"/> <display value="Chemical substance"/> </coding> </category> <isDefining value="true"/> <amount> <value value="76"/> <unit value="monomers per polymer"/> </amount> </startingMaterial> </monomerSet> <repeat> <averageMolecularFormula value="(C2H4O)76"/> <repeatUnitAmountType> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-monomer-ratio-type"/> <code value="sru-polymer-ratio"/> <display value="SRU/Polymer ratio"/> </coding> </repeatUnitAmountType> <repeatUnit> <unit value="-CH2-CH2-O-"/> <orientation> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/polymerisation-orientation"/> <code value="head-tail"/> <display value="Head-to-tail"/> </coding> </orientation> <amount value="76"/> <degreeOfPolymerisation> <type> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/degree-of-polymerisation-type"/> <code value="number-average"/> <display value="Number average"/> </coding> </type> <average value="76"/> <low value="70"/> <high value="82"/> </degreeOfPolymerisation> </repeatUnit> </repeat> </polymer> </SubstanceDefinition>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.
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