Robert Rodriguez, MD

Professor
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+1 628 206-5875

Robert Rodriguez, MD is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Rodriguez is a member of the LCOE Administrative Core Faculty and co-director of the UCSF Fresno LaCMER Research Internship.

Publications: 

Prevalence of Intracranial Injury in Adult Patients With Blunt Head Trauma With and Without Anticoagulant or Antiplatelet Use.

Annals of emergency medicine

Probst MA, Gupta M, Hendey GW, Rodriguez RM, Winkel G, Loo GT, Mower WR

Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury in the Pan-scan Era.

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

Yu L, Baumann BM, Raja AS, Mower WR, Langdorf MI, Medak AJ, Anglin DR, Hendey GW, Nishijima D, Rodriguez RM

Declared impact of the US President's statements and campaign statements on Latino populations' perceptions of safety and emergency care access.

PloS one

Rodriguez RM, Torres JR, Sun J, Alter H, Ornelas C, Cruz M, Fraimow-Wong L, Aleman A, Lovato LM, Wong A, Taira B

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

Combining qSOFA criteria with initial lactate levels: Improved screening of septic patients for critical illness.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Baumann BM, Greenwood JC, Lewis K, Nuckton TJ, Darger B, Shofer FS, Troeger D, Jung SY, Kilgannon JH, Rodriguez RM

The Folly of the R: A Case Study.

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

Rodriguez RM

Collecting Unused Medical Supplies in Emergency Departments for Responsible Redistribution.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Muldoon LB, Chan WW, Sabbagh SH, Rodriguez RM, Kanzaria HK

Pneumothorax and Hemothorax in the Era of Frequent Chest Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Adult Patients With Blunt Trauma.

Annals of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Canseco K, Baumann BM, Mower WR, Langdorf MI, Medak AJ, Anglin DR, Hendey GW, Addo N, Nishijima D, Raja AS

Utilization of chest CT for injured patients during visits to U.S. emergency departments: 2012-2015.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Yun BJ, Rodriguez RM, Prabhakar AM, Peak DA, Baymon DE, Raja AS

Blunt Trauma Abdominal and Pelvic Computed Tomography Has Low Yield for Injuries in More Than One Anatomic Region.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Hawthorne N, Murphy SP, Theus M, Haase D, Chuku C, Wen J

Validation of the Pediatric NEXUS II Head Computed Tomography Decision Instrument for Selective Imaging of Pediatric Patients with Blunt Head Trauma.

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

Gupta M, Mower WR, Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW

Scapular Fractures in the Pan-scan Era.

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

Brown C, Elmobdy K, Raja AS, Rodriguez RM

Comparison of qSOFA with current emergency department tools for screening of patients with sepsis for critical illness.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Rodriguez RM, Greenwood JC, Nuckton TJ, Darger B, Shofer FS, Troeger D, Jung SY, Speich KG, Valencia J, Kilgannon JH, Fernandez D, Baumann BM

Low Yield of Paired Head and Cervical Spine Computed Tomography in Blunt Trauma Evaluation.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Graterol J, Beylin M, Whetstone WD, Matzoll A, Burke R, Talbott J, Rodriguez RM

Hemoptysis? Try Inhaled Tranexamic Acid.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Komura S, Rodriguez RM, Peabody CR

Low Yield of Clinically Significant Injury With Head-To-Pelvis Computed Tomography in Blunt Trauma Evaluation.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Murphy SP, Hawthorne N, Haase D, Chiku C, Wen J, Rodriguez RM

Rib Fracture Diagnosis in the Panscan Era.

Annals of emergency medicine

Murphy CE, Raja AS, Baumann BM, Medak AJ, Langdorf MI, Nishijima DK, Hendey GW, Mower WR, Rodriguez RM

Low yield of blood and wound cultures in patients with skin and soft-tissue infections.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Torres J, Avalos N, Echols L, Mongelluzzo J, Rodriguez RM

Toward Precision Diagnostics.

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

Rose CC, Rodriguez RM

Feasibility of Informed Consent for Computed Tomography in Acute Trauma Patients.

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

Moore N, Patel B, Zuabi N, Langdorf MI, Rodriguez RM

Correlation of Physical Exam Findings with Fever in Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Mongelluzzo J, Tu B, Grimes B, Ziyeh S, Fortman J, Neilson J, Rodriguez RM

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

Difference in muscle activation patterns during high-speed versus standard-speed yoga: A randomized sequence crossover study.

Complementary therapies in medicine

Potiaumpai M, Martins MC, Wong C, Desai T, Rodriguez R, Mooney K, Signorile JF

Differences in energy expenditure during high-speed versus standard-speed yoga: A randomized sequence crossover trial.

Complementary therapies in medicine

Potiaumpai M, Martins MC, Rodriguez R, Mooney K, Signorile JF

The HOME Team: Evaluating the Effect of an EMS-based Outreach Team to Decrease the Frequency of 911 Use Among High Utilizers of EMS.

Prehospital and disaster medicine

Tangherlini N, Villar J, Brown J, Rodriguez RM, Yeh C, Friedman BT, Wada P

Prevalence and Diagnostic Performance of Isolated and Combined NEXUS Chest CT Decision Criteria.

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

Raja AS, Mower WR, Nishijima DK, Hendey GW, Baumann BM, Medak AJ, Rodriguez RM

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Langdorf MI, Anderson CL, Rodriguez RM

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

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

Achieving the Triple Aim Through Informed Consent for Computed Tomography.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Carney D, Rodriguez RM

The Case for 1-Way Clinical Decision Rules in Emergency Medicine.

Annals of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW

Pulmonary contusion in the pan-scan era.

Injury

Rodriguez RM, Friedman B, Langdorf MI, Baumann BM, Nishijima DK, Hendey GW, Medak AJ, Raja AS, Mower WR

Prevalence of Chest Injury With the Presence of NEXUS Chest Criteria: Data to Inform Shared Decisionmaking About Imaging Use.

Annals of emergency medicine

Raja AS, Lanning J, Gower A, Langdorf MI, Nishijima DK, Baumann BM, Hendey GW, Medak AJ, Mower WR, Rodriguez RM

Clinical Decision Rules for Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: A Research Agenda.

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

Finnerty NM, Rodriguez RM, Carpenter CR, Sun BC, Theyyunni N, Ohle R, Dodd KW, Schoenfeld EM, Elm KD, Kline JA, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N

Derivation and validation of two decision instruments for selective chest CT in blunt trauma: a multicenter prospective observational study (NEXUS Chest CT).

PLoS medicine

Rodriguez RM, Langdorf MI, Nishijima D, Baumann BM, Hendey GW, Medak AJ, Raja AS, Allen IE, Mower WR

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

Barriers to Homeless Persons Acquiring Health Insurance Through the Affordable Care Act.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Fryling LR, Mazanec P, Rodriguez RM

Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injury Identified by Chest Computed Tomography but Not Chest Radiography in Blunt Trauma: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

Annals of emergency medicine

Langdorf MI, Medak AJ, Hendey GW, Nishijima DK, Mower WR, Raja AS, Baumann BM, Anglin DR, Anderson CL, Lotfipour S, Reed KE, Zuabi N, Khan NA, Bithell CA, Rowther AA, Villar J, Rodriguez RM

Interruptions of Trauma Resuscitations for Radiographic Procedures.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Itakura KS, Pillsbury MM, Rodriguez RM

Sternal fracture in the age of pan-scan.

Injury

Perez MR, Rodriguez RM, Baumann BM, Langdorf MI, Anglin D, Bradley RN, Medak AJ, Mower WR, Hendey GW, Nishijima DK, Raja AS

Clinical profile of injection drug users presenting to the ED.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Kievlan DR, Gukasyan M, Gesch J, Rodriguez RM

EMS-STARS: Emergency Medical Services "Superuser" Transport Associations: An Adult Retrospective Study.

Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors

Hall MK, Raven MC, Hall J, Yeh C, Allen E, Rodriguez RM, Tangherlini NL, Sporer KA, Brown JF

Diagnostic yields, charges, and radiation dose of chest imaging in blunt trauma evaluations.

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

Rodriguez RM, Baumann BM, Raja AS, Langdorf MI, Anglin D, Bradley RN, Medak AJ, Mower WR, Hendey GW

Patient preferences and acceptable risk for computed tomography in trauma.

Injury

Rodriguez RM, Henderson TM, Ritchie AM, Langdorf MI, Raja AS, Silverman E, Schlang J, Sloane B, Ronan CE, Anderson CL, Baumann BM

Validation of a prediction rule for endocarditis in febrile injection drug users.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Chung-Esaki H, Rodriguez RM, Alter H, Cisse B

Study of medical students' malpractice fear and defensive medicine: a "hidden curriculum?".

The western journal of emergency medicine

Johnston WF, Rodriguez RM, Suarez D, Fortman J

NEXUS chest: validation of a decision instrument for selective chest imaging in blunt trauma.

JAMA surgery

Rodriguez RM, Anglin D, Langdorf MI, Baumann BM, Hendey GW, Bradley RN, Medak AJ, Raja AS, Juhn P, Fortman J, Mulkerin W, Mower WR

English-based Pediatric Emergency Medicine Software Improves Physician Test Performance on Common Pediatric Emergencies: A Multicenter Study in Vietnam.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Lin M, Brooks TN, Miller AC, Sharp JL, Hai le T, Nguyen T, Kievlan DR, Rodriguez RM, Dieckmann RA

What is the clinical significance of chest CT when the chest x-ray result is normal in patients with blunt trauma?

The American journal of emergency medicine

Kea B, Gamarallage R, Vairamuthu H, Fortman J, Lunney K, Hendey GW, Rodriguez RM

Fear of discovery among Latino immigrants presenting to the emergency department.

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

Maldonado CZ, Rodriguez RM, Torres JR, Flores YS, Lovato LM

Accuracy of the initial diagnosis among patients with an acutely altered mental status.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Sporer KA, Solares M, Durant EJ, Wang W, Wu AH, Rodriguez RM

Provider perceptions concerning use of chest x-ray studies in adult blunt trauma assessments.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Calderon G, Perez D, Fortman J, Kea B, Rodriguez RM

Successful conversion from twice-daily to once-daily tacrolimus in liver transplantation: observational multicenter study.

Clinical transplantation

Dopazo C, Rodriguez R, Llado L, Calatayud D, Castells L, Ramos E, Molina V, García R, Fabregat J, Charco R

Derivation of a decision instrument for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma.

The Journal of trauma

Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW, Mower W, Kea B, Fortman J, Merchant G, Hoffman JR

Cost-effectiveness of targeted human immunodeficiency virus screening in an urban emergency department.

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

Dowdy DW, Rodriguez RM, Hare CB, Kaplan B

A phase II pilot study of tacrolimus/sirolimus GVHD prophylaxis for sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using 3 conditioning regimens.

Blood

Rodriguez R, Nakamura R, Palmer JM, Parker P, Shayani S, Nademanee A, Snyder D, Pullarkat V, Kogut N, Rosenthal J, Smith E, Karanes C, O'Donnell M, Krishnan AY, Senitzer D, Forman SJ

Food, shelter and safety needs motivating homeless persons' visits to an urban emergency department.

Annals of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Fortman J, Chee C, Ng V, Poon D

Focusing on a "serious" review of systems in the emergency department.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Dean K, Backster A, Aiken L, McClung C

A prospective study of primary surrogate decision makers' knowledge of intensive care.

Critical care medicine

Rodriguez RM, Navarrete E, Schwaber J, McKleroy W, Clouse A, Kerrigan SF, Fortman J

A longitudinal study of emergency medicine residents' malpractice fear and defensive medicine.

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

Rodriguez RM, Anglin D, Hankin A, Hayden SR, Phelps M, McCollough L, Hendey GW

The ability of emergency medical dispatch codes of medical complaints to predict ALS prehospital interventions.

Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors

Sporer KA, Youngblood GM, Rodriguez RM

A prospective study on esophageal Doppler hemodynamic assessment in the ED.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Lum-Lung M, Dixon K, Nothmann A

A pilot study of cytokine levels and white blood cell counts in the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Abdullah R, Miller R, Barry L, Lungstras-Bufler K, Bufler P, Dinarello CA, Abraham E

A pilot study to derive clinical variables for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma patients.

Annals of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW, Marek G, Dery RA, Bjoring A

The effect of anthrax bioterrorism on emergency department presentation.

The California journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Reeves J, Houston S, McClung C

High cytokine levels at admission are associated with fatal outcome in patients with necrotizing fasciitis.

European cytokine network

Lungstras-Bufler K, Bufler P, Abdullah R, Rutherford C, Endres S, Abraham E, Dinarello CA, Rodriguez RM

A case series of patients with black tar heroin-associated necrotizing fasciitis.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Lonergan S, Rodriguez RM, Schaulis M, Navaran P

Novel approaches to sepsis in the emergency department.

The California journal of emergency medicine

Phelps MA, Rodriguez RM

The Future of CaJEM.

The California journal of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM

EMS activation in a cohort of critically ill patients.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Phelps MA, Rodriguez RM, Passanante M, Dresden G, Kriza K

Need and desire for preventive care measures in emergency department patients.

Annals of emergency medicine

Rodriguez RM, Kreider WJ, Baraff LJ