Table 6.

List of potential research questions for the future direction of nursing research on patient-ventilator dyssynchrony

What is the effect of daily interruption of sedatives in high-risk patients on the incidence of patient-ventilator dyssynchrony? What is the effect of stress and environmental factors on patient-ventilator dyssynchrony? What is the relationship of dyspnea to patient-ventilator dyssynchrony? How do nurses use airway pressure monitoring to detect patient-ventilator dyssynchrony? What are the differences in reported practices of nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists in recognizing and managing patient-ventilator dyssynchrony? What is the lived experience of the patient who has ventilator dyssynchrony? What types of patient-ventilator dyssynchrony occur during sleep/wake cycles in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation?