[Carbohydrate metabolism during cholestasis in pregnancy]

Blood glucose levels were measured in fasting state and 2 hours after breakfast, together with glucose tolerance tests (after a load of 100 g of glucose) and 24-hour glycaemia profile in pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in the third trimester of pregnancy. In all these tests abnormalities were found indicating a considerable impairment of carbohydrate metabolism during this complication of pregnancy. The changes manifested themselves as increased blood glucose level 2 hours after breakfast, increased glucose level in 24-hour glucose profile, and raised blood glucose levels in glucose tolerance tests in all studied time intervals besides the first and last determinations.