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are undiagnosed. 5 It is important to realize that more than 1 of every 10 patients anesthetized for ambulatory surgery may potentially have diabetes. Prediabetes, or “dysglycemia,” can be defined as impaired fasting plasma glucose (greater than 100 mg/dL [5.6 mmol/L] but less than 125 mg/dL [6.94 mmol/L]), impaired oral glucose tolerance (blood glucose of 140 mg/dL [7.8 mmol/L] to 199 mg/dL [11.0 mmol/L] 2 hours after a 75-g oral glucose challenge), or a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 5.7% to 6.4%. 5 , 6 HbA1c is used to approximate a patient's plasma glucose

alveolar nerve block, 3 Prediabetes, 208 Preinjection, 55 Propofol, 67, 80, 116, 147, 175, 185 Rabbit, 17 Radiographs, 95 Recovery profile, 175 Refrigerant, 55 Remifentanil, 116 Ropivacaine, 71 Salivary secretion, 185 Sedation, 67 Sensing, 95 Sevoflurane, 42, 175 Sex, 67 Solubility, 42 Tachyarrhythmias, 95 Takayasu arteritis, 31 Tetany, 25 Tooth extraction, 156 Topical agents, 55 Type 2 diabetes, 208