AGA GUIDELINES Bundle (free trial)

Constipation

AGA GUIDELINES Apps brought to you courtesy of Guideline Central. All of these titles are available for purchase on our website, GuidelineCentral.com. Enjoy!

Issue link: https://eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/i/773868

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 1 of 13

Key Points 2 Copyright Rome Foundation, Bristol Stool Form Scale developed by Dr Ken Heaton, University of Bristol, UK. e Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) is a useful tool to evaluate bowel habit. e BSFS has been shown to be a reliable surrogate marker for colonic transit. Figure 1A. Bristol Stool Form Scale Type 1 Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass) Type 2 Sausage-shaped, but lumpy Type 3 Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface Type 4 Like an Italian sausage or snake, smooth and so Type 5 So blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily) Type 6 Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool Type 7 Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely liquid Figure 1B. IBS Subtypes and Stool Form 25% of BM is the threshold for classification 100 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 IBS-C IBS-M IBS-U IBS-D % BM loose or watery % BM hard or lumpy Types 1 and 6 Types 6 and 7 Types 1 and 2 IBS subtypes should be established according to stool consistency, using the BSFS. IBS subtyping is more accurate when patients have ≥4 days of abnormal bowel habits per month. Bowel habit subtypes should be based on BSFS for days with abnormal bowel habits.

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of AGA GUIDELINES Bundle (free trial) - Constipation