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Tarja
Saaresranta
Professor, Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
MD, PhD, Professor
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring

Contact

+358 29 450 4571
+358 46 921 6342
Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b
20014
Turku

Areas of expertise

sleep-disordered breathing
chronic respiratory failure

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


Teaching

sleep disorders

sleep-disorderd breathing

chronic respiratory failure

Research

Main research interests:

sleep-disordered breathing; sleep in menopausal women; treatment of chronic respiratory failure


Publications

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Uniapneaepäily (2019)

Duodecim
Miia Aro, Minna Myllylä, Ulla Anttalainen, Tarja Saaresranta
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))

Uni- ja hengityskeskus yhtenäistää diagnostiikkaa ja hoitoa (2019)

Lääkärilehti
Tarja Saaresranta, Ulla Anttalainen, Varpu Elenius, Sari-Leena Himanen, Salla Lamusuo, Juha Markkula, Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Waltteri Siirala, Tero Soukka
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))

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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))