Pediatric Bart syndrome

Bartter syndrome, or Bartter syndrome, has been thought to be a clinical syndrome caused by mutations in ion channel genes. Early manifestations are polyuria, thirst, constipation, anorexia, and vomiting, characterized by hypokalemia, increased renin, aldosterone, but normal blood pressure, juxtaglomerular hyperplasia, and hypertrophy. More common in children under 5 years of age; Bartter reported two cases for the first time in 1962, and similar reports have been reported in the future. This disease is rare, hundreds of cases have been reported so far, and dozens have been reported in China.

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