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This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning (ML)-based model using a Random Forest (RF) algorithm to predict fever and related adverse outcomes in hospitalized pediatric burn patients. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 595 pediatric burn patients admitted to a tertiary center between 2012 and 2022. Extracted data included demographics, burn characteristics, clinical interventions, laboratory values, and outcomes. RF models were trained to predict three key endpoints: fever (&amp;gt;38.5\u00b0C), transfer to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and need for surgical intervention. To address missing data and class imbalance, we employed multiple imputation techniques and generated synthetic data through bootstrap sampling to improve model robustness. The patient cohort had a mean age of 4.27 (range: 0.2-18.1) years and an average total body surface area of 5.49 (range: 0.3-45.0). 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