Main findings
When women were asked to assess their cognitive function subjectively
over the six months prior to delivery (corresponding to early
pregnancy), there were no differences in the overall or subdomain scores
for any of the groups. At discharge, after delivery, women with
pre-eclampsia complicated by pulmonary oedema or eclampsia demonstrated
lower scores on the objective MoCA assessment for cognitive function
when compared to normotensive women but the difference was attenuated
for women with pulmonary oedema after adjustment for confounders. Women
with pre-eclampsia without severe features showed no difference on MoCA
scores when compared to normotensive women.