Authors:
  1. Hany Hasan Elsayed FRCS Cth: Thoracic surgery department (ARDS taskforce) – Ain Shams University – Cairo – Egypt.
  2. Aly Sherif Hassaballa MSc:Cardiothoracic surgery department – Ain Shams University – Cairo – Egypt.
  3. Taha Aly Ahmed MSc:Cardiothoracic surgery department – Ain Shams University – Cairo – Egypt.
  4. Mohamed Gumaa MSc: Medical statistics department – Ain Shams University – Cairo – Egypt.
  5. Hazem Youssef Sharkawy MBBcH: Cardiothoracic surgery department – Ain Shams University – Cairo – Egypt.
Keywords: COVID 19, ECMO, ARDSCorresponding author: Hany Hasan Elsayed Thoracic surgery department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Abbasia square, Cairo Egypt 002/01227373270drhany.elsayed@yahoo.co.uk