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Antibiotic treatment may help reduce the impact of infection as compared to expectant management but may lead to other complications and increase costs. This study evaluated the cost\u2010effectiveness of treating isolated intrapartum fever as chorioamnionitis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We constructed a decision\u2010analytic model in TreeAge Pro to compare outcomes between expectant management and antibiotic treatment with ampicillin\/gentamicin for isolated intrapartum fever. Our theoretical cohort was 222,000 patients, representing laboring patients with an intrapartum temperature \u226538\u00b0C in the United States annually. Outcomes were postpartum endometritis, neonatal early\u2010onset sepsis (nEOS), neonatal death, neonatal neurodevelopmental delay (NDD), acute kidney injury (AKI) from gentamicin toxicity, costs, and quality\u2010adjusted life years (QALYs). We calculated the incremental cost per QALY ratio with a willingness\u2010to\u2010pay threshold of $100,000\/QALY. We discounted QALYs at a rate of 3%. Model inputs were derived from literature and assessed using univariate sensitivity analyses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our theoretical cohort of 222,000 individuals with a fever in labor, antibiotic treatment reduced 7481 cases of postpartum endometritis (8649\u00a0vs. 16,131), 6047 cases of nEOS (961\u00a0vs. 7009), 71 fewer neonatal deaths (1254\u00a0vs. 1325), and 415 fewer cases of NDD (15,498\u00a0vs. 15,913) compared to expectant management. However, gentamicin use for chorioamnionitis resulted in 6036 more cases of AKI (8802\u00a0vs. 2766). Treating intrapartum fever as chorioamnionitis decreased costs and increased QALYs at baseline; thus, it was a dominant strategy. In the Monte Carlo multivariable probabilistic simulation, treating intrapartum fever with antibiotics proved cost\u2010effective in 99.94% of trials, indicating that the cost\u2010effectiveness of this strategy was robust to variation in the underlying variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Treating intrapartum fever with antibiotics is a cost\u2010effective strategy to reduce the adverse outcomes of untreated intrapartum fever. 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