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Has the patient any systemic illness that may involve the lungs (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis)? Is the patient taking any medications that might affect the lungs (e.g. amiodarone or nitrofurantoin), which can cause interstitial lung disease, or β‐blockers (e.g. bisoprolol), which may provoke bronchospasm? What effect will the patient’s lung disease have on other illnesses (e.g. fitness for surgery?).