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
- Sleep apnea and stroke (2014)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other publication) - Sleep apnoea severity independently predicts glycaemic health in nondiabetic subjects: the ESADA study (2014)
- European Respiratory Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep in midlife women: effects of menopause, vasomotor symptoms, and depressive symptoms (2014)
- Menopause
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Transcutaneous CO2 plateau as set-point for respiratory drive during upper airway flow-limitation (2014)
- Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Is the effect of non-invasive ventilation on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis age-dependent? (2013)
- BMC Palliative Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Krooninen hengitysvajaus (2013) Keuhkosairaudet : Diagnostiikka ja hoito Saaresranta Tarja, Pirkko Brander
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Kuorsaus ja hengityskatkokset (2013) Keuhkosairaudet - Diagnostiikka ja hoito Pirkko Brander, Tarja Saaresranta
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Practical Approach for the Diagnosis and Management of Menopausal Insomnia During Menopausal Transition (2013) Sleep Disorders in Women: A Guide to Practical Management Saaresranta T, Polo-Kantola P, Polo O
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Recommendations for the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension (2013)
- European Respiratory Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reinken ödeeman ja äänihuulihalvauksen aiheuttaman hengenahdistuksen ylipainehengityshoito (2013)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Sleep revolution01.03.2021 - 31.08.2025
- Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
