# UFR calculator f/u question

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**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/ufr-calculator-f-u-question/9297 "2024-03-04T19:38:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/ufr-calculator-f-u-question/9297/1 "2024-03-04T19:38:46Z")

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If I am to enter my pre dialysis weight into the calculator and I am 6kg over as opposed to 2kg will being more fluid overloaded allow for a more aggressive UFR?

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**Author:** ![Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/user_avatar/forums.homedialysis.org/beth_witten_msw/32/541_2.png) [@Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Beth_Witten_MSW)\
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If you truly are 6 kg over your target weight (and your doctor or home dialysis nurse can probably help you determine that), it’s best to remove no more than 10 ml of fluid per kg of body weight per hour to avoid stunning your vital organs (heart, brain, kidneys, etc.). So, it would be best to do a longer dialysis treatment and/or to take off this amount of fluid over two or more treatments. Here are some articles from the full Home Dialysis Central site that may help explain this.

> **[Fluid and Solute Removal: How and Why (Part One)](https://homedialysis.org/life-at-home/articles/fluid-and-solute-removal-part-one)**
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> Your body wants fluid, salts, and wastes to be in balance between your three fluid compartments. Keeping this balance, called homeostasis, is the main job of the kidneys.

> **[Fluid and Solute Removal: How and Why (Part Two)](https://homedialysis.org/life-at-home/articles/fluid-and-solute-removal-part-two)**
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> Healthy kidneys control the amount of water in our bodies, silently, without fuss, and very accurately. When the kidneys fail, dialysis can help maintain fluid balance.

> **[Organ Stunning on Hemodialysis: What Is It and What Can You Do?](https://homedialysis.org/life-at-home/articles/organ-stunning-on-hemodialysis-what-is-it-and-what-can-you-do)**
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> You may not have heard of organ stunning. In fact, the concept is still pretty new, even for health care teams. Learning what stunning is—and how you can avoid it—can help you feel better and live longer on dialysis.

> **[From the Patient's Perspective: How to Protect Your Heart?](https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/422-from-the-patients-perspective-how-to-protect-your-heart)**
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> When kidneys don't work well, they stop filtering out toxins andexcess fluid from the blood. This causes a build-up of these toxinsand fluid in the body. Excess fluid in the body causes themost impact on the heart

If you’re having difficulty limiting your fluid intake, your dietitian may have some tips to help you do that. Here are some tips from a dialysis patient.

> **[When Your Thirst Is at Its Worst](https://lifeoptions.org/stories/lee-deuell/)**
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> Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Kidney disease symptoms, risk factors, and how to protect kidney function. Treatment options that can help people feel their best and live as long as possible if their kidney fail.