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Newsom Score for Non-traumatic Chest Pain

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Rules out need for chest x-ray in chest pain patients (non-traumatic).

Chest x-ray in non-traumatic chest pain.

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Daniel Runde, MD, is currently the assistant residency director and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He received his medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed residency in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. He recently finished his Medical Education Fellowship at the department of emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA. Dr. Runde is interested in evidence-based medicine with a focus on patient-important clinical outcomes, CT utilization in the emergency department and education and evaluation in medical education. Currently, he is in the process of obtaining a Masters in Medical Education through the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Daniel Runde, MD

Matthew Negaard, MD, is a current third-year emergency medicine resident at the University of Iowa. He grew up in Sioux City, Iowa and attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa for his undergraduate education. Dr. Negaard received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine where he began to develop an interest in emergency medicine and sports medicine. He has continued to develop and expand his interest in those fields as well as medical education through clinical research and evidence-based practice activities. He plans to pursue a sports medicine fellowship upon completion of his residency.

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The Newsom Score for Non-traumatic Chest Pain determines which patients with non-traumatic chest complaints require chest x-ray.

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