Welcome to EMKCase's ninth journal jam podcast, fall 2016 on oral rehydration strategies in pediatric gastroenteritis.

Anton Helman here.

This time around, we're going to have Justin Morgonstern interviewing the great pediatric EM researcher Stephen Friedman, and after

that Anthony Croco, the division head and medical director of pediatric EM at Health Sciences in

Hamilton, is going to give you his take on Dr. Friedman's paper. Here we go. Well, there's an early

frontrunner for my favorite paper of 2016.

It's practical, it's simple, and it challenges a myth.

Definitely some of my favorite things.

And I'll spoil the surprise a little bit.

This paper has already changed my practice.

The paper I'm talking about, and it's a bit of a mouthful,

is the effect of dilute apple juice and preferred fluids versus

electrolyte maintenance solution on treatment failure among children with mild gastroenteritis,

a randomized clinical trial. It was published in JAMMA this year, and I get the enormous

honor of speaking with the lead author, Dr. Stephen Friedman. Welcome to Journal Jam, Dr. Friedman.

It's a pleasure being here, and thanks so much for inviting me today. Dr. Friedman is a giant in the field of pediatric emergency medicine, and he has a list of publications as long as your arm. He's also previously been a guest on EM cases with some great insights on our episode on pediatric abdominal pain and appendicitis. Dr. Freeman, can you tell us a little bit about your

professional background? Yeah, it's a pleasure. So I trained as a pediatrician at the hospital

for sick children in Toronto for my residency, and then I went on to do fellowship in pediatric

emergency medicine at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

While I was down there, I did a master's in clinical investigation at Northwestern University.

And since then, I've returned to Canada and have spent the first eight years back in Toronto,

working at CICIDS again.

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