Bristol stool scale 布里斯托大便分类法
(重定向自Bristol Stool Chart)
The Bristol stool scale, Bristol stool chart (BSC), Bristol stool form scale, or BSF scale is a medical aid designed to classify the form of human feces into seven categories. Sometimes referred to in the UK as the Meyers scale, it was developed by Dr. Stephen Lewis and Dr. Ken Heaton at the University of Bristol and was first published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology in 1997. The authors of that paper concluded that the form of the stool is a useful surrogate measure of colon transit time. That conclusion has since been challenged as having limited validity, and only in types 1 and 2 when the subject is not constipated. However, it remains in use as a research tool to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for various diseases of the bowel, as well as a clinical communication aid.