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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- Thrombolysis and evolution of sleep apnea in ischemic stroke (2018)
- European Respiratory Journal
(Other publication) - Unettomuusoireet vaihdevuosien aikana (2018)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Prevalence of sleep apnea at the acute phase of ischemic stroke with or without thrombolysis (2017)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep during menopausal transition: A six-year follow-up (2017)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Uniapnean ja hengitysvajeen etähoito ei ole etäällä (2017)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Uniapnea (obstruktiivinen uniapnea aikuisilla) – Käypä hoito -suositus (2017) Uniapnea (obstruktiivinen uniapnea aikuisilla) – Käypä hoito -suositus Tarja Saaresranta, Ulla Anttalainen, Sari-Leena Himanen, Päivi Korhonen, Hanna-Riikka Kreivi, Jukka Lojander, Riitta Pahkala, Markku Partinen, Olli Polo, Juha Seppä, Arja Tuunainen
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Uniapnea (obstruktiivinen uniapnea aikuisilla) – Käypä hoito -suositus päivitystiivistelmä (2017)
- Duodecim
(Other publication) - Chronic kidney disease in European patients with obstructive sleep apnea: the ESADA cohort study (2016)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Clinical Phenotypes and Comorbidity in European Sleep Apnoea Patients (2016)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hengitystukihoitojen auditointi lisäsi luottamusta omaan tekemiseen Turussa (2016)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - High Adherence to CPAP Treatment Does Not Prevent the Continuation of Weight Gain among Severely Obese OSAS Patients (2016)
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Predictors of sleep disturbance in menopausal transition (2016)
- Maturitas
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prolonged partial upper airway obstruction during sleep - an underdiagnosed phenotype of sleep-disordered breathing (2016)
- European Clinical Respiratory Journal
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Telemonitoring of CPAP therapy may save nursing time (2016)
- Sleep and Breathing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Validation of an Accelerometer Based BCG Method for Sleep Analysis (2016) Sami Nurmi, Tarja Saaresranta, Tero Koivisto, Ulf Meriheinä, Lauri Palva
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Amyotrofinen lateraaliskleroosi ja hengitysvajaus (2015)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Diabetes ja verensokeritasapaino ESADA-kohortin uniapneapotilailla (2015) Allergiakoulu 2015. Allergiatutkimussäätiö. Vuosikirja 43 Tarja Saaresranta
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Obstructive sleep apnea in psychiatric outpatients. A clinic-based study (2015)
- Journal of Psychiatric Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Riittämätön yöuni on vakava terveysriski (2015)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Sleep disordered breathing: is it different for females? (2015)
- ERJ Open Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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