Raw Data for the article: Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak on Italian Liver Transplant Programs

Liver Transplant Programs in Italy have faced a sequela of management and clinical decision‐making problems due to the high incidence in some regions of the country of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). The Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO) and the Board of Liver Transplant Program Directors issued a survey to assess the initial impact of this pandemic event on the routine activity of 22 Italian Liver Transplant Programs. One hundred percent of participants completed the survey within a few days. The analysis is presented dividing the centers in two macro‐areas: north‐central Italy and south‐central Italy. The reason for this is that the two areas had a different incidence of the infection and because they have distinctive rates of cadaveric donation. Overall, all centers remained open although a reduction in the activity was noted. Transplant Programs reduced their outpatient activity both in terms of pre‐transplant evaluation (68% of the centers) and transplant recipient follow‐up (100%); a reduction in transplant activity was observed in the first two weeks of March only in the north‐central macro area (23 LTs vs 39 in 2018 and 60 in 2019); overall, SARS‐CoV‐2 infection was registered for 24 liver transplant recipients and 37 health care providers in liver transplant units. In the perspective of the increasing magnitude of the epidemic, more data will be required to define appropriate strategies for the increasingly complex management of liver transplant patients.

意大利部分地区新型冠状病毒（Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2）疫情高发，致使该国肝移植项目面临一系列管理与临床决策层面的难题。意大利器官移植协会（Italian Society for Organ Transplantation, SITO）与肝移植项目主任委员会联合发起一项调研，以评估此次疫情对意大利22个肝移植项目日常运营的初始影响。所有22家受访肝移植中心均在数日内完成了调研问卷。本次分析将受访机构划分为两大区域：意大利中北部与中南部。此举缘由在于两地疫情感染率存在差异，且尸体供体捐献率亦各不相同。总体而言，所有移植中心均维持运营，但临床接诊量有所下滑。移植项目的门诊工作出现缩减，具体涉及移植前评估（占受访中心的68%）与移植受者随访（所有受访中心均实施了该项缩减）；仅意大利中北部大区在2020年3月前两周出现肝移植手术量缩减：当月前两周完成23台手术，而2018年、2019年同期分别为39台与60台。总体而言，肝移植单元内共有24名移植受者与37名医护人员确诊感染SARS-CoV-2。鉴于此次疫情规模持续扩大，需进一步收集相关数据，以制定适配肝移植患者日益复杂的诊疗管理需求的合理策略。