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
- Predicting Visit Cost of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Electronic Healthcare Records With Transformer (2023)
- IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Response to the letter entitled "Which treatments are effective in preventing motor vehicle accidents in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?" (2023)
- Sleep and Breathing
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Early signs of sleep-disordered breathing in healthy women predict carotid intima-media thickening after 10 years (2022)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Management of obstructive sleep apnea in Europe-A 10-year follow-up (2022)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Metabolic dysfunction in OSA: Is there something new under the sun? (2022)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Multimorbidity and overall comorbidity of sleep apnoea: a Finnish nationwide study (2022)
- ERJ Open Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nocturnal hypoxemia and central apneas increase mortality, but not recurrent ischemic events after ischemic stroke (2022)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Perussairauksien hoito on avainasemassa aikuisten sentraalisessa uniapneassa (2022)
- Lääkärilehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Uniapneaepidemia - mitä hoidolla saavutetaan? (2022)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Documentation of the patient's smoking status in common chronic diseases - analysis of medical' narrative reports using the ULMFiT based text classification (2021)
- European Clinical Respiratory Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Treated With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Data From the European Sleep Apnea Database (2021)
- Frontiers in Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ikääntyminen ja uniapnea (2021)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Impact of temperature on obstructive sleep apnoea in three different climate zones of Europe: Data from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA) (2021)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Keuhkosairaudet: diagnostiikka ja hoito (2021) Kaarteenaho Riitta, Halme Maija, Koskela Heikki, Saaresranta Tarja (toim.)
(D6 Editorial work for a professional compilation book) - Krooninen hengitysvajaus (2021) Keuhkosairaudet: diagnostiikka ja hoito Saaresranta Tarja, Anttalainen Ulla
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Kuorsaus ja hengityskatkokset (2021) Keuhkosairaudet: diagnostiikka ja hoito Saaresranta Tarja
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Mood, sleepiness, and weight gain after three years on CPAP therapy for sleep apnoea (2021)
- European Clinical Respiratory Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Munasarjojen monirakkulaoireyhtymä ja unihäiriöt (2021)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Obstructive sleep apnoea in adult patients post-tonsillectomy (2021)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pitolisant for Residual Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in OSA Patients Adhering to CPAP A Randomized Trial (2021)
- Chest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)