Warwick Aubrey Ames | Scholars@Duke

Warwick Aubrey Ames
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Pediatric cardiac anesthesia.
Assessment and management of the difficult pediatric airway.
Utility of three dimensional computerized tomography for perioperative airway management and airway simulator.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology 2021
Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2020

Contact Information

2905 Children's Health Center, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3094 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
warwick.ames@duke.edu (919) 681-4877

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.B.S., King's College London (United Kingdom) 1991
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology 2013 - 2020
- Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2013 - 2020
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology 2006 - 2013
- Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2013
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology 2004 - 2006
Research
Selected Grants
- Turek - Step 2 Project awarded by Enzyvant 2022 - 2024
- Pain Control with Regional Anesthesia following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Double-Blinded Pilot Study awarded by Society for Pediatric Anesthesia 2023
- Enzyvant Monkey Study awarded by Enzyvant 2019 - 2022
External Relationships
- Pfizer Inc.
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Einhorn, Lisa M., Benjamin Y. Andrew, Derek A. Nelsen, and Warwick A. Ames. “Analgesic Effects of a Novel Combination of Regional Anesthesia After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 36, no. 11 (November 2022): 4054–61. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2022.07.014.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., and Warwick A. Ames. “Evidence-Based Medicine in the Time of COVID: We Have a Problem.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 35, no. 5 (May 2021): 1274–75. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.058.
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  - Ames, Warwick Aubrey, and Kelly Machovec. “An update on the management of PONV in a pediatric patient.” Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 34, no. 4 (December 2020): 749–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.05.007.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., and Warwick A. Ames. “Recycle: Do It for the Kids.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 34, no. 12 (December 2020): 3352–53. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.07.030.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., and Warwick A. Ames. “Big Syringe, Little Syringe.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 34, no. 9 (September 2020): 2401–2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.05.017.
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  - Barnett, Annika M., Kelly A. Machovec, Warwick A. Ames, Hercilia M. Homi, Jennifer L. Turi, Jeannie Koo, Matthew Fuller, and Edmund H. Jooste. “The effect of intraoperative methadone during pediatric cardiac surgery on postoperative opioid requirements.” Paediatr Anaesth 30, no. 7 (July 2020): 773–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13903.
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  - Eck, John B., and Warwick A. Ames. “Anesthetic Implications of Button Battery Ingestion in Children.” Anesthesiology 132, no. 4 (April 2020): 917–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000003121.
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  - Greene, Nathaniel H., Edmund H. Jooste, Dylan P. Thibault, Amelia S. Wallace, Alice Wang, David F. Vener, Roland A. Matsouaka, et al. “A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database.” Anesth Analg 129, no. 4 (October 2019): 1061–68. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000003594.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., and Warwick A. Ames. “Primum Non Nocere.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 33, no. 7 (July 2019): 1930–31. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2019.01.038.
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  - Ames, Warwick Aubrey. “Pro: The Value of Modified Ultrafiltration in Children After Cardiopulmonary Bypass.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 33, no. 3 (March 2019): 866–69. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2018.10.044.
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  - Jooste, Edmund H., Rebecca Scholl, Yi-Hung Wu, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Andrew J. Lodge, Warwick A. Ames, H Mayumi Homi, et al. “Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Antithrombin Versus Placebo on the Coagulation System in Infants with Low Antithrombin Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 33, no. 2 (February 2019): 396–402. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2018.05.052.
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  - Tew, Shannon, Manuel L. Fontes, Nathaniel H. Greene, Miklos D. Kertai, George Ofori-Amanfo, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Andrew J. Lodge, et al. “Natural history of nonimmune-mediated thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury in pediatric open-heart surgery.” Paediatr Anaesth 27, no. 3 (March 2017): 305–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13063.
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  - Jooste, Edmund H., Kelly A. Machovec, Lisa M. Einhorn, Warwick A. Ames, Hercilia M. Homi, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Andrew J. Lodge, Jerrold H. Levy, and Ian J. Welsby. “3-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in Infants With Refractory Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 30, no. 6 (December 2016): 1627–31. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2016.01.029.
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  - Amhaz, Hassan H., Kate Buretta, Edmund H. Jooste, Kelly Machovec, Jeffery R. Marcus, and Warwick A. Ames. “Upper Extremity Peripheral Intravenous Line Infiltration With Concomitant Loss of Pulses Treated With Lipoaspiration: A Case Report.” A a Case Rep 7, no. 9 (November 1, 2016): 185–87. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000000381.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., Gregory Smigla, Warwick A. Ames, Courtney Schwimer, H Mayumi Homi, Ishwori B. Dhakal, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Andrew J. Lodge, and Edmund H. Jooste. “Reduction in blood transfusion in a cohort of infants having cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass after instituting a goal-directed transfusion policy.” Perfusion 31, no. 7 (October 2016): 598–603. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659116640866.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., Robert D. B. Jaquiss, David D. Kaemmer, Warwick A. Ames, Hercilia M. Homi, Richard J. Walczak, Andrew J. Lodge, and Edmund H. Jooste. “Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategy for a Cyanotic Child With Hemoglobin SC Disease.” Ann Thorac Surg 101, no. 6 (June 2016): 2373–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.046.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., Edmund H. Jooste, Richard J. Walczak, Hercilia Mayumi Homi, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Andrew J. Lodge, and Warwick A. Ames. “A change in anticoagulation monitoring improves safety, reduces transfusion, and reduces costs in infants on cardiopulmonary bypass.” Paediatr Anaesth 25, no. 6 (June 2015): 580–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.12591.
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  - Nimjee, Shahid M., Tony P. Smith, Ronald J. Kanter, Warwick Ames, Kelly A. Machovec, Gerald A. Grant, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Rapid ventricular pacing for a basilar artery pseudoaneurysm in a pediatric patient: case report.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 15, no. 6 (June 2015): 625–29. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.11.PEDS14290.
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  - Ikeda, Keita, David B. MacLeod, Hilary P. Grocott, Eugene W. Moretti, Warwick Ames, and Charles Vacchiano. “The accuracy of a near-infrared spectroscopy cerebral oximetry device and its potential value for estimating jugular venous oxygen saturation.” Anesth Analg 119, no. 6 (December 2014): 1381–92. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000000463.
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  - Machovec, Kelly A., Edmund H. Jooste, and Warwick A. Ames. “Ventricular pacing for induced hypotension in a toddler.” A a Case Rep 3, no. 3 (August 1, 2014): 38–39. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000000045.
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  - Kreeger, Renee N., Chandra Ramamoorthy, Susan C. Nicolson, Warwick A. Ames, Russel Hirsch, Lynn F. Peng, Andrew C. Glatz, et al. “Evaluation of pediatric near-infrared cerebral oximeter for cardiac disease.” Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 5 (November 2012): 1527–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.096.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., Kevin J. de la Roza, and Neil A. Hanson. “Perioperative management of a pediatric patient with short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.” J Clin Anesth 24, no. 4 (June 2012): 349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.06.023.
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  - Ing, R. J., W. A. Ames, and N. A. Chambers. “Paediatric cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia.” Br J Anaesth 108, no. 1 (January 2012): 4–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aer408.
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  - Ames, W., and A. K. Ross. “Postanesthesia care unit management,” December 9, 2011, 361–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444345186.ch16.
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  - Ing, Richard, and Warwick Ames. “Children with sick hearts: towards anesthesia safety.” Paediatr Anaesth 18, no. 3 (March 2008): 195–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02306.x.
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  - Ten Clay, S. C., and W. A. Ames. “Complete disruption of right main bronchus: a case report and literature review.” Eur J Anaesthesiol 25, no. 1 (January 2008): 72–73. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026502150700124x.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., David B. Macleod, Allison K. Ross, Jeffrey Marcus, and Srinivasan Mukundan. “The novel use of computer-generated virtual imaging to assess the difficult pediatric airway.” Anesth Analg 104, no. 5 (May 2007): 1154–56. https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000260285.27004.de.
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  - Rohan, D., R. Barlow, C. Karsli, and W. Ames. “Paediatric renal transplantation: a single centre study.” Eur J Anaesthesiol 24, no. 1 (January 2007): 93–95. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265021506001748.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., Stephanie F. Fischer, Scott Schulman, and Guy De Lisle Dear. “Long-term use of the laryngeal mask airway in a neonate.” Anesth Analg 103, no. 3 (September 2006): 792. https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ANE.0000227153.01588.F1.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., Tal M. Shichor, Melanie Speakman, Ronald M. Zuker, and Conan McCaul. “Anesthetic management of children with Moebius sequence.” Can J Anaesth 52, no. 8 (October 2005): 837–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03021779.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., Jason A. Hayes, and Mark W. Crawford. “The role of corticosteroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a review for the anesthetist.” Paediatr Anaesth 15, no. 1 (January 2005): 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01424.x.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., Jason A. Hayes, Guy C. Pétroz, and W Lawrence Roy. “Loss of resistance to normal saline is preferred to identify the epidural space: a survey of Canadian pediatric anesthesiologists.” Can J Anaesth 52, no. 6 (2005): 607–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03015770.
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  - Duggan, Michelle, Warrick Ames, Blake Papsin, and Steven Berdock. “Facial nerve palsy: a complication following anaesthesia in a child with Treacher Collins syndrome.” Paediatr Anaesth 14, no. 7 (July 2004): 604–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01274.x.
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  - Hayes, J. A., and W. A. Ames. “Acute heart failure during spinal surgery in a boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.” Br J Anaesth 92, no. 1 (January 2004): 149.
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  - Ames, Warwick A., and Mark F. Levine. “Response to review by Herod et al.” Paediatr Anaesth 13, no. 4 (May 2003): 370–71. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01084.x.
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  - Ames, W. A., V. M. Ward, R. M. Tranter, and M. Street. “Adult epiglottitis: an under-recognized, life-threatening condition.” Br J Anaesth 85, no. 5 (November 2000): 795–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/85.5.795.
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  - Ames, W. “How to skin a bearded cat.” Anaesthesia 55, no. 6 (June 2000): 619. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01479-48.x.
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  - Stacey, S. G., W. Ames, and A. Petros. “Sedation and restraint practices in UK paediatric intensive cares: a telephone survey.” Paediatr Anaesth 10, no. 6 (2000): 702. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9592.2000.ab01aa.x.
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  - Ames, W. A., L. Songhurst, and R. W. Gullan. “Local anaesthesia for laminectomy surgery.” Br J Neurosurg 13, no. 6 (December 1999): 598–600. https://doi.org/10.1080/02688699943132.
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  - Ames, W. A., N. McDonnell, and D. Potter. “The effect of ionised magnesium on coagulation using thromboelastography.” Anaesthesia 54, no. 10 (October 1999): 999–1001. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00647.x.
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  - Ames, W. A., B. J. Mayou, and K. N. Williams. “Anaesthetic management of epidermolysis bullosa.” Br J Anaesth 82, no. 5 (May 1999): 746–51. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/82.5.746.
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  - Ames, W. A. “Management of the major burn.” Update in Anaesthesia, no. 10 (January 1, 1999): 53–56.
  - Ames, W., and P. Venn. “Complication of the transtracheal catheter.” Br J Anaesth 81, no. 5 (November 1998): 825. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/81.5.825.
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  - Vincent, C., and W. A. Ames. “The bearded airway.” Anaesthesia 53, no. 10 (October 1998): 1034–35. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.0669n.x.
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  - Ames, W. A., and N. McNiellis. “Stylohyoid ligament calcification as a cause of difficult intubation?” Anaesthesia 53, no. 4 (April 1998): 415–16.
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  - McDonnell, N., W. A. Ames, and D. Potter. “Bradycardia in children less than two years of age during liver transplantation.” Transpl Int 11, no. 3 (1998): 237–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001470050134.
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  - Casillas, E., and W. Ames. “Hepatotoxic effects of CCl4 on English sole (Parophrys vetulus): possible indicators of liver dysfunction.” Comp Biochem Physiol C Comp Pharmacol Toxicol 84, no. 2 (1986): 397–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/0742-8413(86)90112-x.
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- Book Sections
  - Wigfall, D. R., J. W. Foreman, and W. A. Ames. “Essentials of Nephrology.” In A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 655-668.e2, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-42974-0.00028-8.
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  - Wigfall, D. R., J. W. Foreman, and W. A. Ames. “Essentials of Nephrology.” In A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 655-668.e2, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-42974-0.00028-8.
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  - Ames, W., K. Hill, and E. H. Jooste. “Anesthesia in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and MRI.” In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care, 721–41, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_147.
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