Table 5.

Causes of hypochloremic alkalosis

Renal	Loop and distal tubule diuretics
	Bartter's syndrome (Fig. 2)
	Gitelman's syndrome (Fig. 3)
	Hyperaldosteronism with hypokalemia
	Posthypercapnic alkalosis
Nonrenal	Gastrointestinal: vomiting, nasogastric suction, infectious gastroenteritis, congenital chloridorrhea, villous adenomas
	Chloride-rich sweat in cystic fibrosis