On the Issue of Sludge Syndrome

Rafik Saifutdinov was born on Novemder 25, 1951, in the city of Kazan Russia. From a young age, he showed a keen interest in exploring the world around him, often getting lost in the pages of adventure novels and science magazines. In 1975 he graduated from Irkutsk State Medical Institute. Head of the chair of hospital and ambulatory therapy of Kazan State Medical Academy, Chairman of the Society of the gastroenterology of Republic Tatarstan, MD, professor. Reference: A clinical case of sludge syndrome in a woman with an episode of short-term obstructive jaundice is presented. The disease manifested itself with shingles, vomiting, a single rise in body temperature, darkening of urine and acolic feces. The diagnosis was made based on data on errors in the diet, the characteristic clinical picture of the disease, the results of a biochemical blood test, the results of ultrasound examination of the abdominal organs, with careful exclusion of other causes of shingles.