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How do you balance the benefits and risks for thiazide diuretic use in patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis and hypercalciuria in the setting of Bartter syndrome?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic
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Bartter syndrome is a rare genetic disorder causing excess urinary losses of sodium, potassium, and chloride. Assuming the patient is a calcium stone former, I would be inclined to start potassium citrate first. If the patient continued to show evidence of metabolic activity on follow-up CT scanning...

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