Background: Poor graft survival in renal transplant recipients following transfer highlights the conflict between psychodevelopmental drives of adolescence and the management of a chronic illness. Transition programs improve graft survival reducing future healthcare selleck chemicals expenditure incurred

by dialysis. The IPNA/ISN Consensus Statement was recently published to guide practice and service development. Our Transition Support Service provides support, coordination, resources, knowledge and advocacy for patients and families and for paediatric and adult clinicians. Young adults are seen in dedicated transition clinics lead by Youth Mentors with input from nursing co-ordinators from specialty teams. Youth mentors also track and facilitate progress, working with adolescents towards healthcare

independence. Methods: Between 2010 and 2012, 100% of referred patients across four sub-specialties (cardiology, haemophilia, cystic fibrosis and rheumatology) completed surveys at their first and final transition appointments, aimed at evaluating their level of self-management and knowledge about the transition process. From this data, a Nephrology Transition Protocol was developed utilising existing clinical services and the IPNA/ISN Consensus Statement. Results: The pilot, non-nephrology

cohort completed 160 pre-evaluation and 49 post-evaluation surveys. Following the Transition MLN0128 mouse Program, more young adults were managing their appointments (90% post-evaluation vs 27% pre-evaluation), medications (100% vs 59%), prescriptions (90% vs 55%) and emergency care (90% vs 53%). Parental responses corroborated the responses of the young adults and documented improved medication concordance after the program (56.3% vs 9.5%). Conclusions: Young adults are more confident, knowledgeable and capable of self-management following intervention from our Transition Support Service. selleck We present our institution’s Nephrology Transition Protocol. 186 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PODOCYTE DEPLETION, AGE, HYPERTENSION AND NEPHRON NUMBER IN NORMAL HUMAN KIDNEYS VG PUELLES1, LA CULLEN-MCEWEN1, GE TAYLOR1, MD HUGHSON2, WE HOY3, JF BERTRAM1 1Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; 2Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA; 3Centre for Chronic Disease, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Aim: This study aims to determine associations between CKD risk factors, including older age, hypertension and low nephron number (Nglom), and podocyte depletion.