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.
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 2013
- Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2013
Contact Information
- 2905 Children's Health Center, Durham, NC 27710
- Box 3094 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
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warwick.ames@duke.edu
(919) 681-4877
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.B.S., King's College 1991
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Duke Appointment History
- 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
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
- Ames, WA. "Pro: The Value of Modified Ultrafiltration in Children After Cardiopulmonary Bypass." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 33, no. 3 (March 2019): 866-869. Full Text
- Jooste, EH, Scholl, R, Wu, Y-H, Jaquiss, RDB, Lodge, AJ, Ames, WA, Homi, HM, Machovec, KA, Greene, NH, Donahue, BS, Shah, N, and Benkwitz, C. "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." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 33, no. 2 (February 2019): 396-402. Full Text
- Machovec, KA, and Ames, WA. "Primum Non Nocere." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (January 17, 2019). Full Text
- Tew, S, Fontes, ML, Greene, NH, Kertai, MD, Ofori-Amanfo, G, Jaquiss, RDB, Lodge, AJ, Ames, WA, Homi, HM, Machovec, KA, and Jooste, EH. "Natural history of nonimmune-mediated thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury in pediatric open-heart surgery." Paediatric Anaesthesia 27, no. 3 (March 2017): 305-313. Full Text
- Jooste, EH, Machovec, KA, Einhorn, LM, Ames, WA, Homi, HM, Jaquiss, RDB, Lodge, AJ, Levy, JH, and Welsby, IJ. "3-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in Infants With Refractory Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 30, no. 6 (December 2016): 1627-1631. Full Text
- Amhaz, HH, Buretta, K, Jooste, EH, Machovec, K, Marcus, JR, and Ames, WA. "Upper Extremity Peripheral Intravenous Line Infiltration With Concomitant Loss of Pulses Treated With Lipoaspiration: A Case Report." A & A case reports 7, no. 9 (November 2016): 185-187. Full Text
- Machovec, KA, Smigla, G, Ames, WA, Schwimer, C, Homi, HM, Dhakal, IB, Jaquiss, RDB, Lodge, AJ, and Jooste, EH. "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. Full Text
- Machovec, KA, Jaquiss, RDB, Kaemmer, DD, Ames, WA, Homi, HM, Walczak, RJ, Lodge, AJ, and Jooste, EH. "Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategy for a Cyanotic Child With Hemoglobin SC Disease." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 6 (June 2016): 2373-2375. Full Text
- Machovec, KA, Jooste, EH, Walczak, RJ, Homi, HM, Jaquiss, RDB, Lodge, AJ, and Ames, WA. "A change in anticoagulation monitoring improves safety, reduces transfusion, and reduces costs in infants on cardiopulmonary bypass." Paediatric anaesthesia 25, no. 6 (June 2015): 580-586. Full Text
- Nimjee, SM, Smith, TP, Kanter, RJ, Ames, W, Machovec, KA, Grant, GA, and Zomorodi, AR. "Rapid ventricular pacing for a basilar artery pseudoaneurysm in a pediatric patient: case report." Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics 15, no. 6 (June 2015): 625-629. Full Text
- Ikeda, K, MacLeod, DB, Grocott, HP, Moretti, EW, Ames, W, and Vacchiano, C. "The accuracy of a near-infrared spectroscopy cerebral oximetry device and its potential value for estimating jugular venous oxygen saturation." Anesthesia and Analgesia 119, no. 6 (December 2014): 1381-1392. Full Text
- Machovec, KA, Jooste, EH, and Ames, WA. "Ventricular pacing for induced hypotension in a toddler." A & A case reports 3, no. 3 (August 2014): 38-39. Full Text
- Jooste, EH, Haft, WA, Ames, WA, Sherman, FS, and Vallejo, MC. "Anesthetic care of parturients with single ventricle physiology." J Clin Anesth 25, no. 5 (August 2013): 417-423. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Roza, KJDL, and Hanson, NA. "Perioperative management of a pediatric patient with short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency." Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 24, no. 4 (2012): 349--. Full Text
- Ing, RJ, Ames, WA, and Chambers, NA. "Paediatric cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia." British Journal of Anaesthesia 108, no. 1 (January 2012): 4-12. (Review) Full Text
- Kreeger, RN, Ramamoorthy, C, Nicolson, SC, Ames, WA, Hirsch, R, Peng, LF, Glatz, AC, Hill, KD, Hoffman, J, Tomasson, J, and Kurth, CD. "Evaluation of pediatric near-infrared cerebral oximeter for cardiac disease." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 94, no. 5 (2012): 1527-1533. Full Text
- "Postanesthesia Care Unit Management." (December 9, 2011): 361-380. (Chapter) Full Text
- Ing, R, and Ames, W. "Children with sick hearts: towards anesthesia safety." Paediatr Anaesth 18, no. 3 (March 2008): 195-197. Full Text Link to Item
- Ten Clay, SC, and Ames, WA. "Complete disruption of right main bronchus: a case report and literature review." Eur J Anaesthesiol 25, no. 1 (January 2008): 72-73. (Letter) Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Macleod, DB, Ross, AK, Marcus, J, and Mukundan, S. "The novel use of computer-generated virtual imaging to assess the difficult pediatric airway." Anesth Analg 104, no. 5 (May 2007): 1154-1156. Full Text Link to Item
- Rohan, D, Barlow, R, Karsli, C, and Ames, W. "Paediatric renal transplantation: a single centre study." Eur J Anaesthesiol 24, no. 1 (January 2007): 93-95. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Fischer, SF, Schulman, S, and Dear, GDL. "Long-term use of the laryngeal mask airway in a neonate." Anesth Analg 103, no. 3 (September 2006): 792-. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Shichor, TM, Speakman, M, Zuker, RM, and McCaul, C. "Anesthetic management of children with Moebius sequence." Can J Anaesth 52, no. 8 (October 2005): 837-844. Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Hayes, JA, Pétroz, GC, and Roy, WL. "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 (June 2005): 607-612. Full Text Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Hayes, JA, and Crawford, MW. "The role of corticosteroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a review for the anesthetist." Paediatr Anaesth 15, no. 1 (January 2005): 3-8. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
- Duggan, M, Ames, W, Papsin, B, and Berdock, S. "Facial nerve palsy: a complication following anaesthesia in a child with Treacher Collins syndrome." Paediatr Anaesth 14, no. 7 (July 2004): 604-606. Full Text Link to Item
- Hayes, JA, and Ames, WA. "Acute heart failure during spinal surgery in a boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy." Br J Anaesth 92, no. 1 (January 2004): 149-. (Letter) Link to Item
- Ames, WA, and Levine, MF. "Response to review by Herod et al." Paediatr Anaesth 13, no. 4 (May 2003): 370-371. (Letter) Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Levine, MF, Herod, J, Denyer, J, and Howard, R. "Response to review by Herod et al. [6] (multiple letters)." Paediatric Anaesthesia 13, no. 4 (2003): 370-371. Full Text
- Ames, WA, Ward, VM, Tranter, RM, and Street, M. "Adult epiglottitis: an under-recognized, life-threatening condition." Br J Anaesth 85, no. 5 (November 2000): 795-797. Link to Item
- Ames, W. "How to skin a bearded cat." Anaesthesia 55, no. 6 (June 2000): 619-. (Letter) Link to Item
- Stacey, SG, Ames, W, and Petros, A. "Sedation and restraint practices in UK paediatric intensive cares: a telephone survey." Paediatr Anaesth 10, no. 6 (2000): 702-. Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Songhurst, L, and Gullan, RW. "Local anaesthesia for laminectomy surgery." Br J Neurosurg 13, no. 6 (December 1999): 598-600. Link to Item
- Ames, WA, McDonnell, N, and Potter, D. "The effect of ionised magnesium on coagulation using thromboelastography." Anaesthesia 54, no. 10 (October 1999): 999-1001. Link to Item
- Ames, WA, Mayou, BJ, and Williams, KN. "Anaesthetic management of epidermolysis bullosa." Br J Anaesth 82, no. 5 (May 1999): 746-751. (Review) Link to Item
- Ames, WA. "Management of the major burn." Update in Anaesthesia , no. 10 (1999): 53-56.
- Ames, W, and Venn, P. "Complication of the transtracheal catheter." Br J Anaesth 81, no. 5 (November 1998): 825-. (Letter) Link to Item
- Vincent, C, and Ames, WA. "The bearded airway." Anaesthesia 53, no. 10 (October 1998): 1034-1035. (Letter) Link to Item
- Ames, WA, and McNiellis, N. "Stylohyoid ligament calcification as a cause of difficult intubation?." Anaesthesia 53, no. 4 (April 1998): 415-416. (Letter) Link to Item
- McDonnell, N, Ames, WA, and Potter, D. "Bradycardia in children less than two years of age during liver transplantation." Transpl Int 11, no. 3 (1998): 237-238. (Letter) Link to Item
- Casillas, E, and Ames, W. "Hepatotoxic effects of CCl4 on English sole (Parophrys vetulus): possible indicators of liver dysfunction." Comp Biochem Physiol C 84, no. 2 (1986): 397-400. Link to Item
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Book Sections
- Wigfall, DR, Foreman, JW, and Ames, WA. "Essentials of Nephrology." In A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 655-668.e2. February 16, 2018. Full Text
- Ames, W, Hill, K, and Jooste, EH. "Anesthesia in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and MRI." In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care, 721-741. January 1, 2014. Full Text
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