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
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- Sleep apnoea severity independently predicts glycaemic health in nondiabetic subjects: the ESADA study (2014)
- European Respiratory Journal
- Sleep in midlife women: effects of menopause, vasomotor symptoms, and depressive symptoms (2014)
- Menopause
- Transcutaneous CO2 plateau as set-point for respiratory drive during upper airway flow-limitation (2014)
- Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
- Is the effect of non-invasive ventilation on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis age-dependent? (2013)
- BMC Palliative Care
- Krooninen hengitysvajaus (2013) Keuhkosairaudet : Diagnostiikka ja hoito Saaresranta Tarja, Pirkko Brander
- Kuorsaus ja hengityskatkokset (2013) Keuhkosairaudet - Diagnostiikka ja hoito Pirkko Brander, Tarja Saaresranta
- Practical Approach for the Diagnosis and Management of Menopausal Insomnia During Menopausal Transition (2013) Sleep Disorders in Women: A Guide to Practical Management Saaresranta T, Polo-Kantola P, Polo O
- Recommendations for the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension (2013)
- European Respiratory Journal
- 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
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