MD, PhD, Professor Tarja Saaresranta - UTU Research Portal

Tarja Saaresranta
MD, PhD, Professor

- Docent,
Faculty of Medicine (University of Turku)
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Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology (Department of Clinical Medicine)

tasaare@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4571

+358 46 921 6342

Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b

Turku

: +358 2 3134240

: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-963X

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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

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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
Gunduz C, Basoglu OK, Kvamme JA, Verbraecken J, Anttalainen U, Marrone O, Steiropoulos P, Roisman G, Joppa P, Hein H, Trakada G, Hedner J, Grote L; on behalf of the European Sleep Apnea Database collaborator
Medication of comorbidities in females with sleep-disordered breathing during long-term CPAP therapy (2020)
- Respiratory Medicine
Miia Aro, Tarja Saaresranta, Tero Vahlberg, Ulla Anttalainen
Motor vehicle accidents in CPAP-compliant obstructive sleep apnea patients-a long-term observational study (2020)
- Sleep and Breathing
Myllylä Minna, Anttalainen Ulla, Saaresranta Tarja, Laitinen Tarja
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
Yves Dauvilliers, Johan Verbraecken, Markku Partinen, Jan Hedner, Tarja Saaresranta, Ognian Georgiev, Rumen Tiholov, Isabelle Lecomte, Renaud Tamisier, Patrick Lévy, Catherine Scart-Gres, Jeanne-Marie Lecomte, ean-Charles Schwartz, Jean-Louis Pépin; on behalf of the HAROSA II Study Group
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
Minna Myllylä, Anna Hammais, Mikhail Stepanov, Ulla Anttalainen, Tarja Saaresranta, Tarja Laitinen
Sleep apnoea management in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA) (2020)
- European Respiratory Journal
Ludger Grote, Walter T. McNicholas, Jan Hedner; on behalf of the ESADA collaborators
Unattended sleep study in screening for sleep apnea in the acute phase of ischemic stroke (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
Huhtakangas JK, Huhtakangas J,, Bloigu R, Saaresranta T.
Cancer prevalence is increased in females with sleep apnoea: data from the ESADA study (2019)
- European Respiratory Journal
Pataka A, Bonsignore MR, Ryan S, Riha RL, Pepin JL, Schiza S, Basoglu OK, Sliwinski P, Ludka O, Steiropoulos P, Anttalainen U, McNicholas WT, Hedner J, Grote L; on behalf of the ESADA study group
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
Oreste Marrone, Fabio Cibella, Jean-Louis Pépin, Ludger Grote, Johan Verbraecken, Tarja Saaresranta, John A. Kvamme, Ozen K. Basoglu, Carolina Lombardi, Walter T. McNicholas, Jan Hedner, Maria R. Bonsignore; on behalf of the ESADA network
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
Otto O. Ettala, Tarja Saaresranta, Kari T. Syvänen, Antti J. Kaipia, Tero J. Vahlberg, Pertti T. Aarnio, Peter J. Boström, Päivi E. Korhonen
Hyperlipidaemia prevalence and cholesterol control in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from the European sleep apnea database (ESADA) (2019)
- Journal of Internal Medicine
Gunduz C, Basoglu OK, Hedner J, Bonsignore MR, Hein H, Staats R, Bouloukaki I, Roisman G, Pataka A, Sliwinski P, Ludka O, Pepin JL, Grote L; on behalf of the European Sleep Apnoea Database collaborators
Insomnia symptoms combined with nocturnal hypoxia associate with cardiovascular comorbidity in the European sleep apnea cohort (ESADA) (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
Anttalainen U., Grote L., Fietze I., Riha R., Ryan S., Staats R., Hedner J., Saaresranta T.; on behalf of the ESADA Study Collaborators
Nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular disease events in CPAP compliant obstructive sleep apnea patients (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
Myllylä M., Hammais A., Stepanov M., Anttalainen U., Saaresranta T., Laitinen T.
Response to letter entitled “CPAP adherence and cardiovascular disease: beware of the healthy adherer effect” (2019)
- Sleep and Breathing
Minna Myllylä, Anna Hammais, Mikhail Stepanov, Ulla Anttalainen, Tarja Saaresranta, Tarja Laitinen
Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnoea (2019)
- European Respiratory Review
Maria R. Bonsignore, Tarja Saaresranta, Renata L. Riha
Sleep and Sleep Disturbances in Climacteric Women (2019) Postmenopausal Diseases and Disorders Päivi Polo-Kantola, Tarja Saaresranta, Laura Lampio
Sleep Parameter Assessment Accuracy of a Consumer Home Sleep Monitoring Ballistocardiograph Beddit Sleep Tracker: A Validation Study (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Tuominen Jarno, Peltola Karoliina, Saaresranta Tarja, Valli Katja
Solriamfetol for the Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness in OSA A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Withdrawal Study (2019)
- Chest
Strollo PJ, Hedner J, Collop N, Lorch DG, Chen D, Carter LP, Lu Y, Lee L, Black J, Pepin JL, Redline S, Partinen M, Polo O, Saaresranta T, Paschen C, Leissner L, Block B, Doekel R, Duntley S, Giangreco G, Givelber R, Krystal A, Lal C, Lee M, Maynard J, Norman D, Rosenberg R, Rowe V, Sarmiento K, Schreiber A, Schwab R, Seiden D, Shamsnia M, Ware JC, Ware JC
Stroke Volume Predicts Nocturnal Hypoxemia in the Acute Ischemic Stroke after Intravenous Thrombolysis (2019)
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Jaana K. Huhtakangas, Tarja Saaresranta, Michaela K. Bode, Risto Bloigu, Juha Huhtakangas
Uniapneaepäily (2019)
- Duodecim
Miia Aro, Minna Myllylä, Ulla Anttalainen, Tarja Saaresranta