Dr. Donado's research focuses on sensory physiology in children, meta-analyses of analgesic trials in children, and clinical outcomes of acute and chronic pain management in children, using a combination of electronic data capture and electronic health record-based approaches. Her main interests are in child development, pediatric care, and pain management.
Research Background
Dr. Donado earned her medical degree at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia in 2011. She completed a Masters in Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School in 2019
Publications
The Effectiveness of Cancer Pain Management in a Tertiary Hospital Outpatient Pain Clinic in Thailand: A Prospective Observational Study. Pain Research and Management. 2021; 2021:https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5. View Abstract
Trends in Gabapentin and Pregabalin Prescribing in a Tertiary Pediatric Medical Center. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 08; 11(8):909-914. View Abstract
From One Pain to Many: The Emergence of Overlapping Pains in Children and Adolescents. Clin J Pain. 2021 06 01; 37(6):404-412. View Abstract
Exposure to Parental Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Analysis on the Association with Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms and Adjustment Problems. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2020 09; 41(7):522-533. View Abstract
Effect of lumbar medial branch blocks on extension-related axial chronic low back pain in a pediatric population: a retrospective chart review and prospective follow-up. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 12; 45(12):1019-1020. View Abstract
Differences Between Mothers' and Fathers' Perception of Their Adolescents' Pain Before and After Parent Training Through The Comfort Ability Pain Management Program. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2019 12; 40(9):716-724. View Abstract
Machine learning can accurately predict pre-admission baseline hemoglobin and creatinine in intensive care patients. NPJ Digit Med. 2019; 2:116. View Abstract
Developing a pediatric pain data repository. JAMIA Open. 2020 Apr; 3(1):31-36. View Abstract
Patient- and Nurse-Controlled Analgesia: 22-Year Experience in a Pediatric Hospital. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 02; 9(2):129-133. View Abstract
Effects of Childhood Life Events on Adjustment Problems in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Oct/Nov; 39(8):629-641. View Abstract
The Comfort Ability Pain Management Workshop: A Preliminary, Nonrandomized Investigation of a Brief, Cognitive, Biobehavioral, and Parent Training Intervention for Pediatric Chronic Pain. J Pediatr Psychol. 2018 04 01; 43(3):252-265. View Abstract
Clinical signs and electroencephalographic patterns of emergence from sevoflurane anaesthesia in children: An observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 01; 35(1):49-59. View Abstract
Electroencephalographic discontinuity during sevoflurane anesthesia in infants and children. Paediatr Anaesth. 2017 Mar; 27(3):251-262. View Abstract
Lidocaine Infusions and Other Options for Opioid-Resistant Pain Due to Pediatric Advanced Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 07; 63(7):1141-3. View Abstract
A Phase 1, Dose-escalation, Double-blind, Block-randomized, Controlled Trial of Safety and Efficacy of Neosaxitoxin Alone and in Combination with 0.2% Bupivacaine, with and without Epinephrine, for Cutaneous Anesthesia. Anesthesiology. 2015 Oct; 123(4):873-85. View Abstract
Immediate rescue designs in pediatric analgesic trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesthesiology. 2015 Jan; 122(1):150-171. View Abstract
Pain hypersensitivity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a quantitative sensory testing study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2014; 12:39. View Abstract