Study Registration: www.
Clinicaltrials: gov (NCT02279628); registered 31 October 2014.
Objectives: To determine the regional cerebral oxygen saturation of hemoglobin (rcSO2) in severe preeclamptic parturients exhibiting neurologic symptoms compared with healthy pregnant women (control) and to describe the effects of MgSO4 infusion on rcSO2 and cerebral and systemic hemodynamic variables.
Design: Prospective, observational study.
Setting: Obstetric critical care unit in a university-affiliated hospital.