- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index
(p. 63) Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- Chapter:
- (p. 63) Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- Author(s):
Miriam T. Weber
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190667351.003.0008
Subjective memory complaints are commonly reported in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Given the frequency of such complaints, there is great interest in understanding the effects of pregnancy and the postpartum period on objectively measured cognitive function in healthy women, as well as the potential clinical significance of subjective memory complaints (SMC) in this population. In this chapter, we review the literature examining objective cognitive function in pregnant and postpartum women. We focus on studies that employed neuropsychological tests of memory and other domains of cognitive function, discuss the literature on contributions to cognitive changes in pregnancy and postpartum, and outline a care pathway for practitioners encountering pregnant women with cognitive concerns.
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- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index