Results of the 2024 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey.

AORN conducted its 22nd annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in June 2024. A multiple regression model was used to examine how several variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect perioperative nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2024 data and data from previous years are presented.

Phase transitions in random circuit sampling.

Undesired coupling to the surrounding environment destroys long-range correlations in quantum processors and hinders coherent evolution in the nominally available computational space. This noise is an outstanding challenge when leveraging the computation power of near-term quantum processors. It has been shown that benchmarking random circuit sampling with cross-entropy benchmarking can provide an estimate of the effective size of the Hilbert space coherently available.

Dynamics of magnetization at infinite temperature in a Heisenberg spin chain.

Understanding universal aspects of quantum dynamics is an unresolved problem in statistical mechanics. In particular, the spin dynamics of the one-dimensional Heisenberg model were conjectured as to belong to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class based on the scaling of the infinite-temperature spin-spin correlation function. In a chain of 46 superconducting qubits, we studied the probability distribution of the magnetization transferred across the chain's center, [Formula: see text].

Stable quantum-correlated many-body states through engineered dissipation.

Engineered dissipative reservoirs have the potential to steer many-body quantum systems toward correlated steady states useful for quantum simulation of high-temperature superconductivity or quantum magnetism. Using up to 49 superconducting qubits, we prepared low-energy states of the transverse-field Ising model through coupling to dissipative auxiliary qubits. In one dimension, we observed long-range quantum correlations and a ground-state fidelity of 0.

Results of the 2023 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey.

AORN conducted its 21st annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in May and June of 2023. A multiple regression model was used to examine how several variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect perioperative nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2023 data and data from previous years are presented.

Western Australia remote aeromedical substance use disorders outcomes.

Introduction: Substance use disorders (SUDs) cause significant harm to regional Australians, who are more likely to misuse alcohol and other drugs (AODs) and encounter difficulty in accessing treatment services. The primary aims of this study were to describe the demographics of patients aeromedically retrieved from regional locations and compare hospital outcomes with a metropolitan-based cohort.

Aims: Retrospective case-controlled cohort study.

Commentary on Ultrasound Instruction in Undergraduate Medical Education: Perspective from Two Students.

Background: Ultrasound integration in undergraduate medical education (UME) has been a focused endeavor in recent years. According to the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, more than a third of all US medical schools have adopted a focused ultrasound training program for medical students. Medical student perspectives on best practices in ultrasound education are lacking in the literature.

Impact of kidney transplant on post-operative morbidity and mortality in patients with pre-operative cardiac dysfunction.

Background: Several studies show an increase in complications, both cardiac and non-cardiac, and a higher mortality in patients with preexisting cardiac disease when they undergo elective surgery. Due to the high incidence of cardiac dysfunction in patients with concomitant chronic kidney disease, we wanted to determine if the same negative impact is demonstrated in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was done on 582 patients who underwent kidney transplant from a single transplant center between 2014 and 2019.

Formation of robust bound states of interacting microwave photons.

Systems of correlated particles appear in many fields of modern science and represent some of the most intractable computational problems in nature. The computational challenge in these systems arises when interactions become comparable to other energy scales, which makes the state of each particle depend on all other particles. The lack of general solutions for the three-body problem and acceptable theory for strongly correlated electrons shows that our understanding of correlated systems fades when the particle number or the interaction strength increases.

Results of the 2022 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey.

AORN conducted its 20th annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in June of 2022. A multiple regression model was used to examine how several variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect perioperative nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2022 data and data from previous years are presented.

Noise-resilient edge modes on a chain of superconducting qubits.

Inherent symmetry of a quantum system may protect its otherwise fragile states. Leveraging such protection requires testing its robustness against uncontrolled environmental interactions. Using 47 superconducting qubits, we implement the one-dimensional kicked Ising model, which exhibits nonlocal Majorana edge modes (MEMs) with [Formula: see text] parity symmetry.

A case report on ultrasound evaluation of pediatric post-operative abdominal pain.

Pediatric post-operative abdominal pain can present a unique diagnostic challenge. The case presented here describes a 9-year-old female who presented with fever and worsening abdominal pain 4 days after laparoscopic resection of a benign ovarian teratoma. Computed tomography failed to provide adequate diagnostic imaging.

Teaching Thoracic Surgery in a Low-Resource Setting:: Creation of a Simulation Curriculum in Rwanda.

Surgical education and global health partnerships have evolved over the years. There is growing recognition of the importance of in-country training of surgeons and surgeon specialists in low-resource settings to support the local health care system. There are numerous ways in which high-income partners can support local training programs.

The Editors-in-Chief of Anesthesia & Analgesia Over 100 Years: Creating the Voice of the Global Anesthesiology Community.

The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Anesthesia & Analgesia, the longest-running anesthesiology publication in the world. Founded in 1922 as Current Researches in Anesthesia & Analgesia by the visionary and charismatic Francis McMechan, MD, the journal served as a reliable mirror for the key scientific and political issues facing the nascent specialty of anesthesiology. Under the leadership of 6 subsequent Editors-in-Chief over the ensuing century-Howard Dittrick, MD; T.

Origins of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists: Lasting Legacies of Francis McMechan, MD.

Francis McMechan, MD, founded the National Anesthesia Research Society (NARS), which was the precursor to the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the first physician anesthesia organization in the United States that was devoted to the research goals of the specialty. NARS initially sponsored Current Researches in Anesthesia and Analgesia, and IARS remains the main parent organization of the journal to this day. Dr McMechan originally hoped to coordinate the scientific efforts of NARS/IARS with the political activities of several other organizations he had founded to achieve his ultimate goal of building a powerful and well-connected anesthesia community across the nation, and eventually around the world.

Optimum excitation wavelength and photon energy threshold for spintronic terahertz emission from Fe/Pt bilayer.

Terahertz emission from ferromagnetic/non-magnetic spintronic heterostructures had been demonstrated as pump wavelength-independent. We report, however, the pump wavelength dependence of terahertz emission from an optimized Fe/Pt spintronic bilayer on MgO substrate. Maximum terahertz generation per total pump power was observed in the 1200- to 1800-nm pump wavelength range, and a marked decrease in the terahertz emission efficiency beyond 2500 nm (pump photon energies <0.

Mental health burden of empty nose syndrome compared to chronic rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinitis.

Background: Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is characterized by the paradoxical perception of nasal obstruction despite patent sinonasal anatomy after surgery. We investigated the relationship between ENS, and anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and somatic symptom disorder (SSD) compared to individuals with chronic rhinitis (CR) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).

Methods: This cross-sectional survey study compared ENS and CR and CRS patients.

Structure of the moiré exciton captured by imaging its electron and hole.

Interlayer excitons (ILXs) - electron-hole pairs bound across two atomically thin layered semiconductors - have emerged as attractive platforms to study exciton condensation, single-photon emission and other quantum information applications. Yet, despite extensive optical spectroscopic investigations, critical information about their size, valley configuration and the influence of the moiré potential remains unknown. Here, in a WSe/MoS heterostructure, we captured images of the time-resolved and momentum-resolved distribution of both of the particles that bind to form the ILX: the electron and the hole.

Role of speaker gender in toddler lexical processing.

Adults and children utilize social category information during incremental language processing. Gender is a particularly salient social category that is often marked both in speakers' voices and the visual world. However, it is unknown whether toddlers exploit gender cues to draw connections between language and other aspects of their environment.

Pharmacokinetic-based failure of a detergent virucidal for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasal infections: A preclinical study and randomized controlled trial.

Background: The nose is the portal for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, suggesting the nose as a target for topical antiviral therapies. The purpose of this study was to assess both the in vivo and in vitro efficacy of a detergent-based virucidal agent, Johnson and Johnson's Baby Shampoo (J&J), in SARS-CoV-2-infected subjects.

Methods: Subjects were randomized into three treatment groups: (1) twice daily nasal irrigation with J&J in hypertonic saline, (2) hypertonic saline alone, and (3) no intervention.

A longitudinal study of olfactory dysfunction and parosmia in mild COVID-19 cases.

Background: COVID-19-related olfactory dysfunction (OD) can persist long after patients recover from acute infection, yet few studies have investigated the long-term progression of this complication. Moreover, existing studies are focused on hyposmia/anosmia but parosmia is becoming an increasingly recognized long-term symptom.

Methods: We completed a longitudinal study about OD in individuals with mild cases of COVID-19.

Results of the 2021 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey.

AORN conducted its 19th annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in June and July of 2021. A multiple regression model was used to examine how several variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect perioperative nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2021 data and data from previous years are presented.

Granulomatous mastitis: An underdiagnosed inflammatory disease afflicting minority women.

Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is an underdiagnosed and understudied benign inflammatory disease of the breast whose accurate diagnosis is confounded by mimicry of other breast pathologies (infectious mastitis and abscess, malignancy) and limited clinician knowledge of the disease. GM disproportionately affects minority women, furthering health disparities for a demographic already disadvantaged in the care of breast diseases. The first step in diagnosis is ultrasound followed by core needle biopsy yielding granulomatous inflammation.