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Síndrome de Bartter - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Pérdida de potasio; Nefropatía por pérdida de sal

Definición:

Se refiere a un grupo raro de dolencias que afectan los riñones.

Ver también: examen de aldosterona

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Se sabe que hay cinco defectos genéticos asociados con el síndrome de Bartter. La afección está presente desde antes de nacer (congénita).

Se cree que esta afección es causada por un defecto en la capacidad del riñón para reabsorber el potasio. Las personas con el síndrome de Bartter pierden demasiado sodio a través de la orina. Esto causa un aumento en el nivel de la hormona aldosterona y lleva a que los riñones eliminen demasiado potasio del cuerpo, lo cual se conoce como pérdida de potasio. La afección también puede ocasionar un equilibrio ácido anormal en la sangre llamado alcalosis hipocaliémica.

Examen del nivel de aldosterona

Reviewed last on: 11/30/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Herbert Y. Lin, MD, PHD, Nephrologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Tolkoff-Rubin N. Treatment of irreversible renal failure. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 133.

Mitch WE. Chronic kidney disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 131.

Guay-Woodford LM. Hereditary nephropathies and abnormalities of the urinary tract. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 129.

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