Ralph Wang, MD, MAS

Publications: 

Trends in Presumed Drug Overdose Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in San Francisco, 2015-2023.

Resuscitation

Wang RC, Carlos C Montoy J, Rodriguez RM, Menegazzi JJ, Lacocque J, Dillon DG

Ethnic and racial differences in self-reported symptoms, health status, activity level, and missed work at 3 and 6 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Frontiers in public health

O'Laughlin KN, Klabbers RE, Ebna Mannan I, Gentile NL, Geyer RE, Zheng Z, Yu H, Li SX, Chan KCG, Spatz ES, Wang RC, L'Hommedieu M, Weinstein RA, Plumb ID, Gottlieb M, Huebinger RM, Hagen M, Elmore JG, Hill MJ, Kelly M, McDonald S, Rising KL, Rodriguez RM, Venkatesh A, Idris AH, Santangelo M, Koo K, Saydah S, Nichol G, Stephens KA, INSPIRE Group

Incidence of Fit Test Failure During N95 Respirator Reuse and Extended Use.

JAMA network open

Wang RC, Degesys NF, Fahimi J, Jin C, Rosenthal E, Lazar AA, Yaffee AQ, Peterson S, Rothmann RE, Jones CMC, Tolia V, Shah MN, Raven MC, Reuse N95 Group

National community disparities in prehospital penetrating trauma adjusted for income, 2020-2021.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Huebinger R, Ketterer AR, Hill MJ, Mann NC, Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Osborn L, Ugalde IT

Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

JAMA internal medicine

Eswaran V, Molina MF, Hwong AR, Dillon DG, Alvarez L, Allen IE, Wang RC

Prevalence of Symptoms ≤12 Months After Acute Illness, by COVID-19 Testing Status Among Adults - United States, December 2020-March 2023.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report

Montoy JCC, Ford J, Yu H, Gottlieb M, Morse D, Santangelo M, O'Laughlin KN, Schaeffer K, Logan P, Rising K, Hill MJ, Wisk LE, Salah W, Idris AH, Huebinger RM, Spatz ES, Rodriguez RM, Klabbers RE, Gatling K, Wang RC, Elmore JG, McDonald SA, Stephens KA, Weinstein RA, Venkatesh AK, Saydah S, Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE) Group

Efficacy of emergency department calcium administration in cardiac arrest: A 9-year retrospective evaluation.

Resuscitation

Dillon DG, Wang RC, Shetty P, Douchee J, Rodriguez RM, Montoy JCC

Severe Fatigue and Persistent Symptoms at Three Months Following SARS-CoV-2 Infections During the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Time Periods: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Gottlieb M, Wang R, Yu H, Spatz ES, Montoy JC, Rodriguez R, Chang AM, Elmore JG, Hannikainen PA, Hill M, Huebinger RM, Idris AH, Lin Z, Koo K, McDonald S, O'Laughlin KN, Plumb ID, Santangelo M, Saydah S, Willis M, Wisk LE, Venkatesh A, Stephens KA, Weinstein RA, INSPIRE Group

Long COVID Clinical Phenotypes up to 6 Months After Infection Identified by Latent Class Analysis of Self-Reported Symptoms.

Open forum infectious diseases

Gottlieb M, Spatz ES, Yu H, Wisk LE, Elmore JG, Gentile NL, Hill M, Huebinger RM, Idris AH, Kean ER, Koo K, Li SX, McDonald S, Montoy JCC, Nichol G, O'Laughlin KN, Plumb ID, Rising KL, Santangelo M, Saydah S, Wang RC, Venkatesh A, Stephens KA, Weinstein RA, INSPIRE Group

Association Between SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Frequency of Acute Symptoms: Analysis of a Multi-institutional Prospective Cohort Study-December 20, 2020-June 20, 2022.

Open forum infectious diseases

Wang RC, Gottlieb M, Montoy JCC, Rodriguez RM, Yu H, Spatz ES, Chandler CW, Elmore JG, Hannikainen PA, Chang AM, Hill M, Huebinger RM, Idris AH, Koo K, Li SX, McDonald S, Nichol G, O'Laughlin KN, Plumb ID, Santangelo M, Saydah S, Stephens KA, Venkatesh AK, Weinstein RA, Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE) Group

Three-month symptom profiles among symptomatic adults with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 tests: a prospective cohort study from the INSPIRE group.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Spatz ES, Gottlieb M, Wisk LE, Anderson J, Chang AM, Gentile NL, Hill MJ, Huebinger RM, Idris AH, Kinsman J, Koo K, Li SX, McDonald S, Plumb ID, Rodriguez R, Saydah S, Slovis B, Stephens KA, Unger ER, Wang RC, Yu H, Hota B, Elmore JG, Weinstein RA, Venkatesh A

Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Advanced Illness Presenting to the Emergency Department.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Asiaban JN, Patel S, Ormseth CH, Donohue KC, Wallin D, Wang RC, Raven MC

Improvements to emergency department length of stay and user�satisfaction after implementation of an integrated consult order.

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open

Ravi A, Shochat G, Wang RC, Khanna R

Association of Initial SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity With Patient-Reported Well-being 3 Months After a Symptomatic Illness.

JAMA network open

Wisk LE, Gottlieb MA, Spatz ES, Yu H, Wang RC, Slovis BH, Saydah S, Plumb ID, O'Laughlin KN, Montoy JCC, McDonald SA, Lin Z, Lin JS, Koo K, Idris AH, Huebinger RM, Hill MJ, Gentile NL, Chang AM, Anderson J, Hota B, Venkatesh AK, Weinstein RA, Elmore JG, Nichol G, INSPIRE Group

Unchanged Diagnostic Imaging for Urinary Stone Disease-Where Do We Go From Here?

JAMA internal medicine

Smith-Bindman R, Nielsen ME, Wang RC

Extended-Release Naltrexone and Case Management for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in the Emergency Department.

Annals of emergency medicine

Murphy CE, Coralic Z, Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Ramirez B, Raven MC

Opioid Analgesic Use After an Acute Pain Visit: Evidence from a Urolithiasis Patient Cohort.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Wentz AE, Wang RC, Marshall BDL, Shireman TI, Liu T, Merchant RC

Effect of an ultrasound-first clinical decision tool in emergency department patients with suspected nephrolithiasis: A randomized trial.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Fahimi J, Dillon D, Shyy W, Mongan J, McCulloch C, Smith-Bindman R

Study protocol for the Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-COV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE): A longitudinal study of the medium and long-term sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

PloS one

O'Laughlin KN, Thompson M, Hota B, Gottlieb M, Plumb ID, Chang AM, Wisk LE, Hall AJ, Wang RC, Spatz ES, Stephens KA, Huebinger RM, McDonald SA, Venkatesh A, Gentile N, Slovis BH, Hill M, Saydah S, Idris AH, Rodriguez R, Krumholz HM, Elmore JG, Weinstein RA, Nichol G, INSPIRE Investigators

Understanding the association between frequent emergency department use and jail incarceration: a cross-sectional analysis.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Eswaran V, Raven MC, Wang RC, Cawley C, Izenberg JM, Kanzaria HK

SARS COV-2 anti-nucleocapsid and anti-spike antibodies in an emergency department healthcare worker cohort: September 2020 - April 2021.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Murphy CE, Kornblith AE, Hohenstein NA, Carter CM, Wong AHK, Kurtz T, Kohn MA

Performance of Abbott ID-Now rapid nucleic amplification test for laboratory identification of COVID-19 in asymptomatic emergency department patients.

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open

Ramachandran A, Noble J, Deucher A, Miller S, Tang PW, Wang RC

Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology

Lebin JA, Mudan A, Murphy CE, Wang RC, Smollin CG

Opioid Analgesics and Persistent Pain After an Acute Pain Emergency Department Visit: Evidence from a Cohort of Suspected Urolithiasis Patients.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Wentz AE, Wang RC, Marshall BDL, Shireman TI, Liu T, Merchant RC

Patient reported delays in obtaining emergency care during COVID19.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Eswaran V, Wang RC, Vashi AA, Kanzaria HK, Fahimi J, Raven MC

Effect of Extended-Release Naltrexone on Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)

Murphy CE, Wang RC, Montoy JC, Whittaker E, Raven M

Trends in Use of Diagnostic Imaging for Abdominal Pain in U.S. Emergency Departments.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology

Wang RC, Kornblith AE, Grupp-Phelan J, Smith-Bindman R, Kao LS, Fahimi J

Trends in Imaging for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Across US Health Care Systems, 2004 to 2016.

JAMA network open

Wang RC, Miglioretti DL, Marlow EC, Kwan ML, Theis MK, Bowles EJA, Greenlee RT, Rahm AK, Stout NK, Weinmann S, Smith-Bindman R

Diagnostic Imaging for Kidney Stones.

JAMA

Wang RC, Stoller ML, Smith-Bindman R

Association between Methamphetamine Use and Psychiatric Hospitalization, Chemical Restraint, and Emergency Department Length of Stay.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Murphy CE, Wang RC, Coralic Z, Lai AR, Raven M

Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Chart Review.

The western journal of emergency medicine

LeSaint KT, Klapthor B, Wang RC, Geier C

Correlation Between N95 Extended Use and Reuse and Fit Failure in an Emergency Department.

JAMA

Degesys NF, Wang RC, Kwan E, Fahimi J, Noble JA, Raven MC

Recognising Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Tests Part 1: Patient Selection.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Hall MK, Kea B, Wang R

An impact analysis of the NEXUS Chest CT clinical decision rule.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Niedzwiecki MJ, Nishijima D, Rodriguez RM

Computed Tomography Use Plateaus Among Children With Emergency Visits for Abdominal Pain.

Pediatric emergency care

Fahimi J, Kornblith AE, Kanzaria H, Herring A, Wang RC

Improving perceptions of empathy in patients undergoing low-yield computerized tomographic imaging in the emergency department.

Patient education and counseling

Lin MP, Probst MA, Puskarich MA, Dehon E, Kuehl DR, Wang RC, Hess EP, Butler K, Runyon MS, Wang H, Courtney DM, Muckley B, Hobgood CD, Hall CL, Kline JA

In Reply: Comparing Direct and Video Laryngoscopy for Prehospital Intubation: Can Meta-analysis Provide an Exact Solution?

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Brian Savino P, Reichelderfer S, Mercer MP, Sporer KA, Wang RC

Predictors for under-prescribing antibiotics in children with respiratory infections requiring antibiotics.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Kornblith AE, Fahimi J, Kanzaria HK, Wang RC

Direct Versus Video Laryngoscopy for Prehospital Intubation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Savino PB, Reichelderfer S, Mercer MP, Wang RC, Sporer KA

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Fahimi J

Medical expulsive therapy use in emergency department patients diagnosed with ureteral stones.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Addo N, Chi T, Moore C, Mallin M, Shiboski S, Stoller M, Smith-Bindman R

Derivation of decision rules to predict clinically important outcomes in acute flank pain patients.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Rodriguez RM, Fahimi J, Hall MK, Shiboski S, Chi T, Smith-Bindman R

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Fahimi J

Emergency Department Imaging Modality Effect on Surgical Management of Nephrolithiasis: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial.

The Journal of urology

Metzler IS, Smith-Bindman R, Moghadassi M, Wang RC, Stoller ML, Chi T

Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Smith-Bindman R, Whitaker E, Neilson J, Allen IE, Stoller ML, Fahimi J

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Rodriguez RM, Shiboski S, Kang TL, Bailitz J

The Impact of Clinical Decision Rules on Computed Tomography Use and Yield for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Bent S, Weber E, Neilson J, Smith-Bindman R, Fahimi J

Managing Urolithiasis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC

External Validation of the STONE Score, a Clinical Prediction Rule for Ureteral Stone: An Observational Multi-institutional Study.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Rodriguez RM, Moghadassi M, Noble V, Bailitz J, Mallin M, Corbo J, Kang TL, Chu P, Shiboski S, Smith-Bindman R

The Absence of Gallstones on Point-of-Care Ultrasound Rules Out Acute Cholecystitis.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Villar J, Summers SM, Menchine MD, Fox JC, Wang R

Ultrasonography versus computed tomography for suspected nephrolithiasis.

The New England journal of medicine

Smith-Bindman R, Aubin C, Bailitz J, Bengiamin RN, Camargo CA, Corbo J, Dean AJ, Goldstein RB, Griffey RT, Jay GD, Kang TL, Kriesel DR, Ma OJ, Mallin M, Manson W, Melnikow J, Miglioretti DL, Miller SK, Mills LD, Miner JR, Moghadassi M, Noble VE, Press GM, Stoller ML, Valencia VE, Wang J, Wang RC, Cummings SR

Oblique-axis vs. short-axis view in ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Wilson JG, Berona KM, Stein JC, Wang R

Cardiac tamponade.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Wilson JG, Epstein SM, Wang R, Kanzaria HK

Detection of Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Bedside Ultrasound in a Patient Presenting in PEA Arrest: A Case Report.

Case reports in emergency medicine

Chung-Esaki H, Knight R, Noble J, Wang R, Coralic Z

Radiological imaging of patients with suspected urinary tract stones: national trends, diagnoses, and predictors.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Westphalen AC, Hsia RY, Maselli JH, Wang R, Gonzales R

Use of a ß-hCG discriminatory zone with bedside pelvic ultrasonography.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang R, Reynolds TA, West HH, Ravikumar D, Martinez C, McAlpine I, Jacoby VL, Stein JC

Differential use of diagnostic ultrasound in u.s. Emergency departments by time of day.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Stein JC, Jacoby VL, Vittinghoff E, Wang R, Kwan E, Reynolds T, McAlpine I, Gonzales R

Emergency physician ultrasonography for evaluating patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy: a meta-analysis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Stein JC, Wang R, Adler N, Boscardin J, Jacoby VL, Won G, Goldstein R, Kohn MA

Visual stimulus: splinter localization with ultrasound.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Wang R, Frazee BW

Community-acquired necrotizing soft tissue infections: a review of 122 cases presenting to a single emergency department over 12 years.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Frazee BW, Fee C, Lynn J, Wang R, Bostrom A, Hargis C, Moore P

Effect of head rotation on vascular anatomy of the neck: an ultrasound study.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Wang R, Snoey ER, Clements RC, Hern HG, Price D

Ultrasound-guided deep brachial and basilic vein cannulation in the emergency department.

The California journal of emergency medicine

Wang R, Snoey E, Frazee B