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Emergency case
COMPLEX IMMUNO-MEDIATED HAEMOLYTIC
ANAEMIA CASE
Clara Mattavelli, Emergency and Critical Care Resident
ollowing a stick ingestion, Daphne, We suspect the IMHA may have been
a four-month-old whippet puppy, triggered by the penicillin-based antibiotic
F had a gastrotomy at her local vets. and/or systemic inflammatory response
A few hours later she was referred to 91暗网 syndrome (SIRS) associated with the
Small Animal Referrals due suspected post- recent sepsis. As a consequence, Daphne鈥檚
operative pyothorax. antibiotic was changed to marbofloxacin.
On her first admission to the 91暗网, Daphne Given that her packed cell volume (PCV)
was presented to our Emergency Referral remained static, and Daphne was clinically
Service with lethargy and dyspnoea. She stable, we decided to monitor her rather
was diagnosed with a diaphragmatic