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The role of routine ECG monitoring in dengue management remains unclear. We, therefore, studied ECG changes in patients with non-severe dengue.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this observational study, we performed and interpreted 12-lead ECGs (admission, discharge and follow up) on hospitalised Vietnamese adults with confirmed dengue and measured the PR, QRS, and Fridericia-corrected QT intervals (QTcF).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 330 ECGs were performed in 136 patients (64 females; median age, 24 years; range, 16\u201372 years). Of these, 132 patients had WHO-defined non-severe dengue and 4 had severe dengue. Elevated CK-MB fractions (&gt;\u200925 IU\/L) were detected in 64 of 134 patients (47.8%). The most common ECG abnormality was sinus bradycardia (&lt;\u200960 beats\/min), with 54 episodes occurring in 39 patients (28.7%), most frequently on illness day 10, 9\/34 (26.5%) patients. The mean QTcF increased during the first 10 illness days in parallel with a decrease in mean heart rate; only 3 females (461\u2013501 ms) and 1 male (460 ms) had sex-specific QTcF prolongation (\u2265\u2009460 ms female, \u2265\u2009450 ms male). Female sex and illness day were significant predictors of QTcF variability over time. Pathological T-wave inversion in the inferior (II, III, aVF) and lateral chest (V5, V6) leads were observed in 12 patients (8.8%), and were mostly transient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ECG changes associated with nonsevere dengue in predominantly young Vietnamese adults without comorbidities were mostly mild, non-specific, and transient with limited impact on the QTcF interval. 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