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'''Flow waveform''' - is a shape of air flow, a flow [[pattern]] that is blowed into the patient [[airways]].<ref name="phd">[http://physiciandiary.com/flow-waveforms/ Flow Waveforms]</ref> Modern [[ventilators|lung ventilators]] are able to generate into breathing circuit three basic waveforms of flow:

*[[squared]] waveform

*[[descending]] waveform