retained placenta vs. metritis
4 year old FI Dachshund 4th litter 4 days prior. Presented for tachypnea. Day after whelping vomiting. Started on antibiotics for suspected metritis (CSU report says fluid in uterus on AFAST). Day 4 BW – severe thrombocytopenia, normal WBCs, PCV/TP 30/5.4, albumin 1.4. Thoracic rads – unstructured interstitial to alveolar pattern, suspected pneumonia or hemorrhage….