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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

Links

CV_Saaresranta_12112021.pdf
Publications_Saaresranta_Nov12, 2021.docx.pdf
ORCID

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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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, but Not Insomnia Is Associated With Dyslipidaemia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Participating in ESADA (2025)

Journal of Sleep Research
Bikov, Andras; Bailly, Sebastien; Anttalainen, Ulla; Saaresranta, Tarja; Basoglu, Ozen K.; Schiza, Sophia; Bouloukaki, Izolde; Sliwinski, Pawel; Pataka, Athanasia; Testelmans, Dries; Fanfulla, Francesco; Gouveris, Haralampos; Grote, Ludger; Mihaicuta, Stefan; the ESADA collaborators
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Temporal and sleep stage‐dependent agreement in manual scoring of respiratory events (2025)

Journal of Sleep Research
Pitkänen, Minna; Pitkänen, Henna; Nath, Rajdeep Kumar; Nikkonen, Sami; Kainulainen, Samu; Korkalainen, Henri; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín Anna; Arnardottir, Erna Sif; Sigurdardottir, Sigridur; Penzel, Thomas; Fanfulla, Francesco; Anttalainen, Ulla; Saaresranta, Tarja; Grote, Ludger; Hedner, Jan; Staats, Richard; Töyräs, Juha; Leppänen, Timo
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and C-reactive protein levels: Data from the ESADA (2024)

European Respiratory Journal
Grote, Ludger; Gouveris, Haralampos; Lethuillier, Lea; Verbraecken, Johan; Basoglu, Ozen; Schiza, Sophia; Ludka, Ondrej; Ryan, Silke; Joppa, Pavol; Fanfulla, Francesco; Mihaicuta, Stefan; Sliwinski, Pawel; Saaresranta, Tarja; Hedner, Jan; Pepin, Jean Louis; Bailly, Sebastien
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