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    <Journal>
      <PublisherName></PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>IJOTM</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2008-6490</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <ArticleTitle>Survival Rate in Lung, Liver, Heart and Pancreas Transplant Recipients in Iran: A Registry-Based Study</ArticleTitle>
    <FirstPage>118</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>121</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Fatemeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghaemi</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Department of Transplantation and Specific Diseases, Iran. ghaemifatemeh@yahoo.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farahnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghaemi</LastName>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>M</FirstName>
        <LastName>Zamyad</LastName>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <Abstract>Background: The main purpose of organ transplantation is to prolong and maintain a quality life for patients with organ dysfunction.Objective: We tried to evaluate short-term survival rates in lung, liver, heart and pancreas recipients.Methods: This longitudinal study was based on the data of national registry of recipients in Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), Iran. Survival rate after 1 year of transplantation, recipients&amp;rsquo; age, gender, ischemic time as well as the number of transplantation units, OP units and identification units were collected from the database for all transplantation done between 2010 and 2011.Results: 407 (223 female, and 184 male) patients were enrolled in the study. 13 (3.2%) patients received lung, 299 (73.5%) liver, 85 (20.9%) heart and 10 (2.5%) received pancreas. Within 1 year of transplantation, 61.5% of lung recipients, 88.3% of liver recipients, 72.9% of heart recipients and 80% of pancreas recipients (overall 85.3%) were functioning.Conclusion: Given the short history of transplantation in Iran, we have achieved great success.</Abstract>
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