Amal A. Hegazy

Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage and Knowledge among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Amal A. Hegazy, Hussain Mohammed Albar & Nusaybah Hussain Albar · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2016

Background: Healthcare workers in tertiary hospital are at the risk of exposure and possible transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This infection is a major and important occupational hazard among health care workers (HCWs), it is may be 2–10 times higher than in the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30082

Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Adverse Health Impacts among Medical Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Amal A. Hegazy, Bahaa Aba Alkhail, Nabil J. Awadalla, Mahdi Qadi & Jawaher Al-Ahmadi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background: Internationally, there is growing concern about the adverse health effects of mobile phone use by young people. Aim: To determine the pattern of mobile phone use among medical students and determine the potential association between degree of use and self-reported hea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24339

Serum Aluminum Level and Its Relation with Parathyroid Hormone and Anemia in Children on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Amal A. Hegazy, Manal Abd El-Salam & Gamil El-Sayed Ibrahim · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Aim: Renal excretion of aluminum is impaired in patients with chronic kidney disease, thereby increasing the risk of toxicity. Our aims were to determine the serum aluminum level in children on regular haemodialysis and to assess the effect of aluminum on PTH and blood parameters...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16146