Articles: pandemics.
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Observational Study
[Initial experience in the attention of patients with COVID-19 in a private third-level hospital in Buenos Aires City].
Infection with the SARS coronavirus type 2 (COVID-19) has a variety of presentations, with little data on the evolution of affected patients in Argentina. This is a retrospective and observational study of patients with virological confirmation of coronavirus treated during the months of March to May in a private third-level university hospital in Buenos Aires. O ne hundred and fifty-five adult patients were included, of which 30.3% attended only for a swab; 59.4% were admitted to the hospital and 10.3% were hospitalized at home with daily telephone follow-up. ⋯ The remaining 2 patients were referred to chronic care centers. No patient with home hospitalization required admission to hospital or died. While this observation is encouraging, it will need to be confirmed with new studies.