Tarja Saaresranta
MD, PhD, Professor
tasaare@utu.fi +358 29 450 4571 +358 46 921 6342 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku Office: +358 2 3134240 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-963X |
sleep-disordered breathing; chronic respiratory failure
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring
Current positions
- Professor of Pulmonary Diseases (50%)
Chief Specialist (50%), Division of Medicine, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital
Coordinating Director (20%), Sleep and Breathing Centre, Turku University Hospital
- Education and degrees awarded
• Specialist in Respiratory Allergology, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Degree in Administration and Leadership in Health Care, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Registered Educator in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Sleep Research Society, 2005
• Special Competence in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Medical Association, 2001
• PhD, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2000
• Pulmonary Medicine Specialist, University of Turku, Finland, 1993
• Medical Degree, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 1986
• Title of docent: Pulmonary Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
Main research interests:
sleep-disordered breathing; sleep in menopausal women; treatment of chronic respiratory failure
sleep disorders
sleep-disorderd breathing
chronic respiratory failure
- Transcutaneous carbon dioxide during sleep-disordered breathing (2015)
- Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Wireless telemonitoring at the commencement of CPAP therapy does not affect long-term efficacy or adherence to the treatment (2015) Anttalainen U, Melkko S, Hakko S, Laitinen T, Saaresranta T
(Other publication) - Diabetes Mellitus prevalence and control in Sleep Disordered Breathing: the European Sleep Apnea Cohort (ESADA) study (2014)
- Chest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Driving habits and risk factors for traffic accidents among sleep apnea patients - a European multi-centre cohort study (2014)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gender differences in sleep (2014) Sleep Medicine Textbook Porkka-Heiskanen T, Saaresranta T, Polo-Kantola P
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Mitä anestesiasairaanhoitajan tulisi tietää noninvasiivisesta ventilaatiosta (2014)
- Spirium
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Naisen uni vaihdevuosien aikana (2014)
- Erikoislääkäri
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Nocturnal intermittent hypoxia predicts prevalent hypertension in the European Sleep Apnoea Database cohort study (2014)
- European Respiratory Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Relationship between habitual sleep duration, obesity and depressive symptoms in patients with sleep apnoea (2014)
- Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Short-term medroxyprogesterone acetate in postmenopausal women with sleep-disordered breathing: a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study. (2014)
- Menopause
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Sleep revolution01.03.2021 - 31.08.2025
- Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
