Trusted by nursing fraternity for more than 50 years, Brunner &Suddarth's Textbook of Medical- Surgical Nursing layers essential patientcare information, engaging critical thinking exercises, and diverse features to help students learn critical content. The second South Asianedition, similar to the previous edition, is comprehensively updated to customize and keep pace with South Asia's health care environment byincluding Indian/Asian epidemiologic data of common diseases and disorders, flowcharts of pathophysiologic processes of various diseasesand disorders, and psychosocial concepts, which is contemporary to South Asian scenario. Furthermore, essential medical-surgical nursingcontent and diseases/disorders, which are specific to South Asia, are added to make this textbook most suitable to South Asian learners. Prof. Suresh K. Sharma, PhD, RN, FCCN, FNRS, Professor-cum-Principal,College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan,has over 20 years of teaching experience in undergraduate, postgraduate,and doctoral programs in nursing. He was a University Gold Medalist in his undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He is an RN in Board ofRegistered Nursing, California, USA, and a receiver of Florence NightingaleAward (2001). He has been ICN-Global Nursing Leadership Fellow-2020 atGlobal Nursing Leadership Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. He is in the Board of Directors, International Network of Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN,2022-24), USA.Prof. Sharma is a prolific writer and has published seven textbooks in nursing,beside a number of chapters contributed and more than 150 research paperspublished in indexed journals of repute. He is also Founder-President, Societyof Perioperative Nurses, India, and Society for Critical Care Nursing, India. Heis also editor/section editor of several journals including Journal of CaringScience and Journal of Medical Evidence. Prof. S. Madhavi, PhD, RN, Professor-cum-Principal, KMCH College ofNursing, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has over 25 years of teaching experience inundergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in nursing. She was aUniversity Rank holder in her undergraduate program. She was awarded BestNurse Educator in Tamil Nadu in 2011. She has also been a visiting faculty toUniversity of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA (2000?2003). She has been a memberof Board of Studies (Nursing) of the TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.She has been a resource person for numerous workshops and conferencesconducted by the professional organizations like Trained Nurses Association of India, Indian Critical Care Nurses Association, and Asia Pacific CancerSociety.Prof. Madhavi has published many research papers in national andinternational nursing journals. She has authored online CNE modules onwound care and ABG analysis which are available at www.tnccne.net/ and are awarded 10 credit hours each. She was also the Executive Editor ofTNNMC Journal of Medical & Surgical Nursing.