First Arizona patient on ventilator survives COVID-19 with rare blood treatment

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Enes Dedic, 53, was on the brink of death with a ventilator until his doctors decided to use ECMO as a last resort for his COVID-19. He survived.

Riley said it was uncertain whether this would work. At the beginning of COVID-19, early evidence suggested ECMO was not a useful treatment and that its complications outweighed potential benefits. But given this patient's critical situation, the benefits were worth the risks, Riley said.

Enes Dedic was evaluated each day for oxygen levels, X-rays, lab values and organ damage. He steadily improved every day, Garcia said."This was a complete team effort," Garcia said."There are round-the-clock nurses, respiratory physicians, aides that helped, even housekeeping, just to keep everything going just so that we can maintain the therapy that's needed for one patient on a day-to-day basis.

Olivera Dedic has not seen her husband in person for a month. While he was in a coma, she couldn't sleep, cried often and tried hard to remember their happy times together. She felt"50/50" he would survive the ECMO treatment.

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