Key Points• DDAVP is the drug of choice for mild hemophilia A and von Willebrand disease and (by unclear mechanisms) for platelet function disorders.• In vivo DDAVP selectively and markedly enhances the ability to form procoagulant platelets by enhancing intracellular Na 1 and Ca 21 fluxes.is clinically efficacious in patients with mild platelet function disorders but it is not known which mechanisms mediate this effect. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of in vivo DDAVP administration in these patients. We assessed von Willebrand factor (VWF), factor VIII, platelet activation and aggregation, platelet-dependent thrombin generation, and platelet intracellular Na 1 /Ca 21 fluxes, before and 2 and 4 hours after DDAVP (0.3 mg/kg). We found (1) no significant changes for P-selectin expression, PAC-1 binding, d-granule content and secretion, and platelet-aggregation; (2) significant decreases of secretion of a-granules and GPIIb-IIIa activation induced by adenosine 59-diphosphate, convulxin, and thrombin; (3) significant increases of procoagulant platelets induced by convulxin/thrombin and platelet-dependent thrombin generation; and (4) significant increases of intracellular Na 1 /Ca 21 concentrations. We show that in vivo DDAVP selectively and markedly enhances the ability to form procoagulant platelets and increases platelet-dependent thrombin generation by enhancing Na