Jeanette Thirlwell Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Best Paper Award

The Jeanette Thirlwell Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Best Paper Award is presented annually for an original article published in the previous calendar year.

Criteria

The Editorial Board appoints a panel of three of its members to adjudicate the Best Paper Award. Qualifying papers are identified and assessed by the panel on the following criteria:

1. Scientific content – appropriateness, methodology, quality of measurements, etc.
2. Originality.
3. Relevance to the practice of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.
4. Presentation – quality of prose, style, figures, tables, etc.

Prize

• The first author receives $2000, return airfares, accommodation for one night and travel allowances to attend the Editor’s Session at the ASA's National Scientific Congress.
• All authors receive a certificate.

Award Recipients

Year	Authors/recipients	Title	Links
2017	Y. C. Bong, J. Walsham	Systemic anticoagulation related to heparin locking of non-tunnelled venous dialysis catheters in intensive care patients
2016	T.J. Byrne, B. Riedel, H.M. Ismail, A. Heriot, R. Dauer, D. Westerman, J.F. Seymour, K. Kenchington, K. Burbury	Fast-track rapid warfarin reversal for elective surgery: extending the efficacy profile to high-risk patients with cancer.
2015	M.J. Paech, N.J. McDonnell, A. Sinha, C. Baber, E.A. Nathan	A randomised controlled trial of parecoxib, ce-lecoxib and paracetamol as adjuncts to patient-controlled epidural analgesia after caesarean section
2014	TT. Liu, A Raju, T Boesel, AM Cyna and SGM Tan	Chronic pain after caesarean delivery: an Australian cohort
2013	C. Grant, GL. Ludbrook, EJ. O’Loughlin and TB Corcoran	An analysis of computer-assisted pre-screening prior to elective surgery’
2012	R. Augustes, KM. Ho	Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on daily sedation interruption for critically ill adult patients
2011	T. B. Corcoran, E. B. Truyens, A. Ng, N. Moseley, A. C. Doyle, L. Margetts	Anti-emetic dexamethasone and postoperative infection risk: a retrospective cohort study
2010	M. Reeves, M. W. Skinner	Continuous intra-articular infusion of ropivacaine after unilateral total knee arthroplasty
2009	N. Y. Fung, Y. Hu, M. G. Irwin, B. F. M. Chow, M. Y. Yuen	Comparison between sevoflurane/remifentanil and propofol/remifentanil anaesthesia in providing conditions for somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during scoliosis corrective surgery
2008	D. Bell, A. O’Connor, K. Leslie	The influence of flushing epidural catheters before use on detection of intravenous placement: an in vitro and in vivo study
2007	R. R. Kennedy, M. M. Sakowska	The relationship between calculated effect-site sevoflurane levels and awakening from anaesthesia
2006	K. M. Ho, H. Ismail, K.C. Lee, R. Branch	Use of Intrathecal Neostigmine as an Adjunct to Other Spinal Medications in Perioperative and Peripartum Analgesia: A Meta-Analysis
2005	C. Hayes, A. Armstrong-Brown, R. Burstal	Perioperative Intravenous Ketamine Infusion for the Prevention of Persistent Post-amputation Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
2004	B. W. Johnson, J. Sleigh, I. J. Kirk, M. L. Williams	High-density EEG mapping during general anaesthesia with xenon and propofol: a pilot study
2003	N. Pollock, E. E. Langton, K. Couchman, K. M.  Stowell, M. Waddington	Suspected malignant hyperthermia reactions in New Zealand
2002	J. C. Binder, W. G. Parkin	Non-invasive cardiac output determination: Comparison of a new partial-rebreathing technique with thermodilution
2001	D. J. Fabijan, R. W. Morris, G. M. Murray	The effect of nitrous oxide on hearing
2000	P. S. Myles, J. O. Hunt, H. O.  Holdgaard, R. McRae, M. R. Buckland, J. Moloney, J. Hall, M. A. Bujor, D. S.  Esmore, B. B. Davis, D. J. Morgan	Clonidine and cardiac surgery: Haemodynamic and metabolic effects, myocardial ischaemia and recovery
1999	R. Burstal, F. Wegener, C. Hayes, G. Lantry	Subcutaneous tunnelling of epidural catheters for postoperative analgesia to prevent accidental dislodgement: A randomized controlled trial
1998	W. D. Ngan Kee, K. K. Lam, P. P. Chen, T. Gin	Comparison of patient-controlled epidural analgesia with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia using pethidine or fentanyl