Päivi Polo
MD, PhD, Professor
paipol@utu.fi +358 29 450 4569 +358 50 344 5708 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku |
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Menopause; Climacteric; Sleep; Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Medical education
MD, University of Turku, 1986
PhD, University of Turku, 1999
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 1998
Specialist in Perinatology, University of Turku, 2001
Adjunct Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2004
Specialist in Sleep Medicine, 2016
Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2018
International expert in female sleep medicine, especially during menopause and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
International expert in menopausal cognition and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
Expert in pregnancy related sleep problems.
Expert in hyperemesis gravidarum.
Menopause; climacteric; hormone replacement therapy; pergnancy; pregnancy complicatrions; hyperemesis gravidarum,
- Unenaikaiset hengityshäiriöt ja seksuaalisuusClimacteric-related symptoms in menopause transition and beyond: a prospective 19-year follow-up study on previously hysterectomized women (2021)
- DuodecimJournal of reproduction & infertilityMenopause
- Vaihdevuosien unihäiriöt ja niiden hoitoFirst-Night Effect in Sleep in Different Female Reproductive States (2021)
- Kätilölehti
- Experiences of induction of labor with a catheter – A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing the outpatient and inpatient setting (2020)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ScandinavicaArchives of Gynecology and ObstetricsBehavioral Sleep Medicine
- Hyperemesis gravidarum and other pregnancy related conditionsRole of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in sleep-disordered breathing (2020) NFOG textbook in Obstetrics and Gynecology Trovik J, Fuglsang J, Ajne G, Polo-Kantola P
- Incidence and risk factors of hyperemesis gravidarum: A national register‐based study in Finland, 2005–2017 (2020)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ScandinavicaSleep Medicine Reviews
- Insomnia symptoms increase during pregnancy, but no increase in sleepiness - Associations with symptoms of depression and anxietyUni ja seksuaalisuus (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
- Maternal sleep quality during pregnancy is associated with neonatal auditory ERPs (2020)
- Scientific ReportsDuodecim
- Multinucleation in Day Two Embryos Is Not Associated with Multinucleation in Sibling Embryos After Freezing and Thawing (2020)
- Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: associations with personal history of nausea and affected relatives (2020)
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- (2020) Seksuaalilääketiede Päivi Polo, Minttu Nulpponen
- Gynekologinen tutkimusSleep and Sleep Disturbances in Climacteric Women (2019) Naistentaudit ja synnytykset Päivi Polo, Tytti Raudaskangas, Ilkka Järvelä, Pekka Nieminen, Maija Jakobsson
- Hyperemesis gravidarum2019
- Lapsivuodeaika ja sen komplikaatiot (2019) Naistentaudit ja synnytykset Mika Nuutila, Päivi Polo
- Maternal tiredness and cytokine concentrations in mid-pregnancy (2019)
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Menopause, a curse or an opportunity? An evolutionary biological view (2019)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- (2019) Postmenopausal Diseases and Disorders Päivi Polo-Kantola, Tarja Saaresranta, Laura Lampio
- Sleeping problems during pregnancy—a risk factor for postnatal depressiveness (2019)
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
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