Tarja Saaresranta
MD, PhD, Professor
tasaare@utu.fi +358 29 450 4571 +358 46 921 6342 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku : +358 2 3134240 |
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
- Reinken ödeeman ja äänihuulihalvauksen aiheuttaman hengenahdistuksen ylipainehengityshoito (2013)
- Duodecim
- Subjective sleep in premenopausal and postmenopausal women during workdays and leisure days: a sleep diary study (2013)
- Menopause
- Uniapnea (2013) Keuhkosairaudet - Diagnostiikka ja hoito Saaresranta Tarja, Polo Olli
- Uniapneapotilas 2000-luvulla – kenelle CPAP-hoito aloitetaan ja miten siihen sitoudutaan? (2013)
- Duodecim
- Women with partial upper airway obstruction are not less sleepy than those with obstructive sleep apnea (2013)
- Sleep and Breathing
- Hyvän unen salaisuus (2012) Saaresranta T
- Kansantauti uniapnea - pitäisikö sitä seuloa? (2012)
- Lääkärilehti
- Obstructive sleep apnea in adults (2012) Saaresranta T
- Position paper on the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: joint recommendations by the European Society of Hypertension, by the European Respiratory Society and by the members of European COST (Cooperation in Scientific and Technological research) ACTION B26 on obstructive sleep apnea. (2012)
- Journal of Hypertension
- Uniapneapotilaiden CPAP-hoidon seuranta siirty yhä useammin perusterveydenhuoltoon (2012)
- Lääkärilehti
- Using respiratory rate and thoracic movement to assess respiratory insufficiency in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a preliminary study (2012)
- BMC Palliative Care
- COST Action B26 Group. Management of obstructive sleep apnea in Europe. (2011)
- Sleep Medicine
- Diagnosis and initiation of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy for OSAS without a preceding sleep study? (2011)
- Sleep and Breathing
- Kaksoispaineventilaatio kroonisessa ventilaatiovajauksessa (2011)
- Duodecim
- The European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA): report from 22 European sleep laboratories (2011)
- European Respiratory Journal
- ESADA - eurooppalainen uniapneakohortti (2010) Saaresranta T
- Is 'MILD' sleep-disordered breathing in women really mild? (2010)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Käypä hoito. Uniapnea (obstruktiivinen uniapnea aikuisilla) (2010)
- Duodecim
- Menopausal insomnia (2010) Clinical Handbook of Insomnia. 2. ed Saaresranta T, Polo-Kantola P, Polo O
- Reimbursed drugs in patients with sleep-disordered breathing - a static-charge-sensitive bed study (2010)
- Sleep Medicine
