A Case of Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome with Severe Metabolic Alkalosis

Gursu M., Ozturk S., Aydin Z., Uzun S., Kazancioglu R.

TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, vol.18, no.3, pp.136-139, 2009 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.136-139
  • Keywords: Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome, Metabolic alkalosis, Pyloric stenosis
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome, unlike the Bartter and Gitelman Syndromes, is characterized with metabolic alkalosis without a tubular defect. We aimed to summarize the management of metabolic alkalosis by discussing a case of Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome with severe metabolic alkalosis.