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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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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
Parati G, Lombardi C, Hedner J, Bonsignore MR, Grote L, Tkacova R, Levy P, Riha R, Bassetti C, Narkiewicz K, Mancia G, McNicholas WT, EU COST ACTION B26 members (mukaan lukien Saaresranta T)
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

The European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA): report from 22 European sleep laboratories (2011)

European Respiratory Journal
Hedner J, Grote L, Bonsignore M, McNicholas W, Lavie P, Parati G, Sliwinski P, Barbé F, De Backer W, Escourrou P, Fietze I, Kvamme JA, Lombardi C, Marrone O, Masa JF, Montserrat JM, Penzel T, Pretl M, Riha R, Rodenstein D, Saaresranta T, Schulz R, Tkacova R, Varoneckas G, Vitols A, Vrints H, Zielinski J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

COST Action B26 Group. Management of obstructive sleep apnea in Europe. (2011)

Sleep Medicine
Fietze I, Penzel T, Alonderis A, Barbe F, Bonsignore MR, Calverly P, De Backer W, Diefenbach K, Donic V, Eijsvogel MM, Franklin KA, Gislason T, Grote L, Hedner J, Jennum P, Lavie L, Lavie P, Levy P, Lombardi C, Mallin W, Marrone O, Montserrat JM, Papathanasiou ES, Parati G, Plywaczewski R, Pretl M, Riha RL, Rodenstein D, Saaresranta T, Schulz R, Sliwinski P, Steiropoulos P, Svaza J, Tomori Z, Tonnesen P, Varoneckas G, Verbraecken J, Vesely J, Vitols A, Zielinski J, McNicholas WT
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))