General description
Polygeline is a type of intravenous colloid used in the prevention or treatment of shock associated with reduction in effective circulating blood volume due to hemorrhage.
INN
Polygeline
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1989
(TRS
796)
for
Hypovolaemia
Removed in 2005
(TRS
933)
for
Hypovolaemia
Changed in 2013
(TRS
985)
for
Hypovolaemia
Therapeutic equivalent for
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Plasma substitutes
- Parenteral > General injections > IV: 3.5% in solution
Indications