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Dry Weight Calculator Dialysis . Achieving and maintaining dry weight appears to be an effective but forgotten strategy in controlling and maintaining normal blood pressure among hypertensive patients on dialysis. Expansion of extracellular volume has been associated with hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy and a higher mortality rate. Nutrition and Hemodialysis from www.slideshare.net However, while providers and patients on dialysis all typically have a sense of what dry weight means, there remains no consensus on its precise definition. Likewise, underestimation of dry weight results in episodes of hypotension, cramps and faintness effecting dialysis adequacy and contributing to the development of angina and ischemic cerebrovascular disease. It’s kind of a balancing act.