American Society of Nephrology of the American Society of Nephrology" (JASN), the "Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology" (CJASN), the "Nephrology Self-Assessment Program" (NephSAP), "ASN Kidney News and Kidney News Online", "In The Loop", and more recently the Kidney Self Assessment Program (KSAP). The ASN holds annual meetings (Kidney Week) and subsequent regional meetings (ASN Highlights) to discuss new developments in the field of nephrology. The ASN also provides an Annual Board Review Course & Update and other online learning opportunities for both established nephrologists and those in training. In 2012, nearly 1,200 instructional hours were offered by ASN to physicians, researchers,
Transplantable organs and tissues a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation. Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it is a rare procedure; only about a hundred such transplants are performed each year in the United States. The patient is anesthetised. When the donor organs arrive, they are checked for fitness; if any organs show signs of damage, they are discarded and the operation cancelled. In order to avoid removal of recipient organs when donor organs are not viable, it is standard procedure that the patient is not operated on until the donor organs arrive and are