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 |
Areas of expertise
sleep-disordered breathing; chronic respiratory failure
sleep-disordered breathing; chronic respiratory failure
Research community or research topic
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring
Biography
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
Research
Main research interests:
sleep-disordered breathing; sleep in menopausal women; treatment of chronic respiratory failure
Teaching
sleep disorders
sleep-disorderd breathing
chronic respiratory failure
Publications 
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- Long-term positive airway pressure therapy is associated with reduced total cholesterol levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: data from the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA) (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Medication of comorbidities in females with sleep-disordered breathing during long-term CPAP therapy (2020)
- Respiratory Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Motor vehicle accidents in CPAP-compliant obstructive sleep apnea patients-a long-term observational study (2020)
- Sleep and Breathing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pitolisant for Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Who Refuse Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment A Randomized Trial (2020)
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Response to the letter entitled "COPD-and-smoking-induced 'down regulation' of CO2-related vasoconstriction in the brain during CPAP for sleep apnea may paradoxically reduce risk of cardiovascular events" (2020)
- Sleep and Breathing
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Sleep apnoea management in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA) (2020)
- European Respiratory Journal
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Unattended sleep study in screening for sleep apnea in the acute phase of ischemic stroke (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cancer prevalence is increased in females with sleep apnoea: data from the ESADA study (2019)
- European Respiratory Journal
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Comment to the Editorial by KS Park and EW Kang "Is only fixed positive airway pressure a robust tool for kidney protection in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?" (2019)
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Decreased forced expiratory volume in first second is associated with erectile dysfunction in apparently healthy men. A preliminary study. (2019)
- International Journal of Impotence Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hyperlipidaemia prevalence and cholesterol control in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from the European sleep apnea database (ESADA) (2019)
- Journal of Internal Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insomnia symptoms combined with nocturnal hypoxia associate with cardiovascular comorbidity in the European sleep apnea cohort (ESADA) (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular disease events in CPAP compliant obstructive sleep apnea patients (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Response to letter entitled “CPAP adherence and cardiovascular disease: beware of the healthy adherer effect” (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnoea (2019)
- European Respiratory Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep and Sleep Disturbances in Climacteric Women (2019) Postmenopausal Diseases and Disorders Päivi Polo-Kantola, Tarja Saaresranta, Laura Lampio
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Sleep Parameter Assessment Accuracy of a Consumer Home Sleep Monitoring Ballistocardiograph Beddit Sleep Tracker: A Validation Study (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Solriamfetol for the Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness in OSA A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Withdrawal Study (2019)
- Chest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Stroke Volume Predicts Nocturnal Hypoxemia in the Acute Ischemic Stroke after Intravenous Thrombolysis (2019)
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Uniapneaepäily (2019)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
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