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Kerri Johannson MD MPH

@kerrijohannson.bsky.social

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🫁 physician, clinical (evolving translational) researcher, human rights, feminism, justice, equity, humour, may all beings be happy 😊 Last seen laughing at own jokes (she/her)

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · Jul 4

Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Diseases in Alberta, Canada: A Population-based Study

www.atsjournals.org/doi/suppl/10...

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📣 TL:DR Incidence stable, prevalence rising, improved survival for ILD & IPF over 10 years.
Numbers much higher than prior reports for ILD & IPF.

Screenshot of title of study and authorship

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 8h

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

We are eternally grateful to all the patients who contributed to this study, entrusting our team with sensitive topics

Thank you to CARE-PF registry, PROFILE cohort, and all international collaborators who supported this work 😊

@ipfdoc.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

Sex matters to patients with pulmonary fibrosis

They are impacted by their dyspnea
PF impact on sex can cause distress
Sexual dysfunction is common
This needs to be addressed, and warrants further study

This should not be a taboo subject because it matters to people affected by PF

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

Seven patients participated in telephone interviews to discuss the impact of PF on sex and sexual function

Themes that emerged:
🫶 Relationships
😊 Quality of Life
🫁 Impact of PF on sex
🫤 Oxygen use

Several important representative quotes and thematic examples in the full manuscript

Figure 4 of the paper summarizing key themes

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

With help from colleagues, we sent a multilingual international online survey (English, French, Dutch, Spanish) to assess sexual dysfunction using the validated CSFQ 📝

140 patients graciously completed this online survey 🙏

Sexual dysfunction was COMMON
Affecting 83% of females and 86% of males

Table 3 from manuscript showing key survey results

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

Of 225 IPF patients in PROFILE UK cohort who completed the SPARC questionnaire, 23% reported distress due to the impact of PF on their sex life

More commonly distressed by this were men, younger age, lower DLCO%, worse cough

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

Patients with PF are dyspneic with sexual activity

Of 2759 patients from CARE-PF registry completing the UCSD-SOBQ, 74% reported dyspnea on Q21

Dyspnea more common in men, those on O2, with lower FVC% and DLCO%, and higher cough visual analog scores

Histogram showing 74% of patients had scores >0 meaning dyspneic

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

In this study, we sought to characterize the impact of PF on sex and sexual function across broad patient populations

4-pronged approach:
🫁 Impact of PF on dyspnea during sex/sexual activity
🙁 Distress caused by PF impact on sex life
🌟 Sexual dysfunction (physical)
🎙️ Qualitative interviews

Pictorial representation of study approach

Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

For many adults, sex & sexual activity are important

Patients with PF are often limited by breathlessness, cough, fatigue, deconditioning, O2 use

Prior studies suggest that PF may impact sex & sexual function, but limited patient populations, generalizability and focused mostly on physical issues

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 10h

The Impact of Pulmonary Fibrosis on Sex and Sexual Function - A Multinational Mixed Methods Study

Just out in ERJ and led by Dr. Na'ama Avitzur
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(key take-away 👉 sex matters to patients with PF and their disease impacts this)

#OpenAccess #CurePF #CureIPF
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re not Antifa, you’re just Fa
And that’s fa-kin nuts

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2d

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Gísli @ipfdoc.bsky.social · Jul 8

NEWSFLASH, any reviewer for BMJOpenRespRes gets a 25% discount on the APC for manuscripts submitted to BMJOpenRespRes within 12 months.
There maybe further positive moves in future #SmallSteps. #GettingThere 🙏🙏

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ATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · 3d

The Blue Journal thanks Ashwatha Thenappan, MD, for her contribution to the October issue

Performance Characteristics for Physiological Measures of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis

www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

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Bryan Yipp @bryanyipp.bsky.social · May 30

Our latest work on how nerves safeguard lung fibrosis. Congrats to Dr. Hiroki and collaborators. @cp-immunity.bsky.social @kavithascranton.bsky.social @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @libininstitute.bsky.social

www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis

Sensory innervation impacts several lung diseases, but whether it influences pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is unclear. Hiroki et al. report that depletion of TRPV1+ nociceptors leads to worsening of inflamm...

www.cell.com

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift has a new song for that…. #FatherFigure #TLOAS

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 7d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 7d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8d

What’s Trump on the Reich-ter scale?

A mock newspaper headline reads "BREAKING NEWS" from "ReallyGreatSite.com," dated Sunday, December 20, 2055. The main headline states "PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO JOE BIDENS FAULT." Below the headline is an image of a visible fault line in a landscape, showing a rugged, cracked terrain.

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 8d

Brilliant @theguardian.com piece from Cory Doctorow 🌟

Walmart did it in real life, Amazon did it online - The Great Enshittification and how only policy can hold the internet (and greed) accountable ✍️

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Screen shot of title page showing Amazon smile but frowny

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes…. But only some of the times… peer review does what it’s supposed to do and then it is 🌈GLORIOUS🌈

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 11d

The feeling of resubmitting a manuscript that has been dramatically improved over the first submission.

a man with long hair and a beard is sitting in the back seat of a car with his eyes closed .

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is sitting in the back seat of a car with his eyes closed .

media.tenor.com

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Kerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 13d

Like ole Shady Shandro

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13d

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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