Differential clinical courses of pregnancies complicated by diabetes insipidus which does, or does not, pre-date the pregnancy

Hum Reprod. 1997 Aug;12(8):1816-8. doi: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1816.

Abstract

We present six cases of diabetes insipidus (DI) complicating pregnancy. In three cases, DI was manifested during pregnancy and required the administration of desmopressin acetate (1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin, DDAVP). All these cases exhibited abnormal laboratory data such as an elevation of liver enzymes or a decrease in serum antithrombin III. The remaining three cases had suffered from DI before pregnancy which was well controlled on DDAVP. The clinical courses of these pregnancies were all uneventful subsequent to therapy. If DI is first recognized during pregnancy, attention should be paid to the possibility of abnormal liver function and eclampsia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / therapeutic use
  • Diabetes Insipidus / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Insipidus / enzymology
  • Diabetes Insipidus / physiopathology*
  • Diabetes, Gestational / drug therapy
  • Diabetes, Gestational / enzymology
  • Diabetes, Gestational / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Liver / physiopathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / enzymology
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin