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 apnoea phenotypes in women: A cluster analysis from the ESADA cohort (2024)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Thrombolysis treatment protected impairment of functional ability, quality of life and fatigue seven years after stroke (2024)
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Uniapnean ilmaantuvuus kasvoi – alueelliset erot merkittäviä (2024)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Uni- ja hengityskeskus kehittää kustannustehokkaita käytäntöjä : Kansallinen diagnostiikan ja hoidon koordinointi lisää potilaiden yhdenvertaisuutta (2024)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Arterial bicarbonate is associated with hypoxic burden and uncontrolled hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea - The ESADA cohort (2023)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Clinical characteristics and positive airway pressure adherence among elderly European sleep apnoea patients from the ESADA cohort (2023)
- ERJ Open Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of menopause and age on vascular impairment (2023)
- Maturitas
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evolution of sleep-disordered breathing and blood pressure during menopausal transition (2023)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lower respiratory tract infections among newly diagnosed sleep apnea patients (2023)
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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)
- Sleep revolution01.03.2021 - 31.08.2025
- Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
