Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓

@rbarbosa91 · Portland, OR · joined 10 Nov 2011

Non-university level 1 trauma/critical care/general surgeon. ECMO service. PGY-28. Father of 4. Surgical instrument threads. History enthusiast. Robot moderate.

48 000Followers

3 804Following

14 174Posts total

114.3KViews on collected posts

Последние посты

Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓@rbarbosa9114 Sep

Example #873 of why you examine devices on bedside rounds: This patient had a 14 Fr chest tube in place and had a ⬆️ pneumothorax. Exam showed twisted tubing causing occlusion. We had to disconnect it for a few seconds to get the ‘memory’ out. With permission. https://t.co/Vs

19.6K views · 172 likes · 18 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓@rbarbosa9112 Sep

As medicine becomes more dependent on AI, there’s a risk, articulated by the mathematician Alain Connes that: “the brain finally decides that it’s not worth the effort…[and it] abandons its own governance, and will no longer believe in things unless they are certified by AI.“ ht

7K views · 101 likes · 31 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓@rbarbosa9111 Sep

The single most important event in any surgeon's career is the first major complication they get after becoming an attending. Though it may be a tragic event, it's only then that they really grow up and truly understand the magnitude of what they're doing. 47.3K views · 507 likes · 95 reposts · 27 replies Open on X →

Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓@rbarbosa919 Sep

Some general surgeons are exploring the idea of offering prophylactic salpingectomy at the time of another abdominal operation to ⬇️ future risk of ovarian cancer (note: the ovaries are left in place). If your group is *currently* offering this, please identify yourselves. http

34K views · 162 likes · 16 reposts · 27 replies Open on X →

Ron Barbosa MD FACS ✓@rbarbosa919 Sep

AI is now advanced enough to solve difficult math problems, but it is still decades away from being able to determine when you’re actually supposed to call for a cardiology consult. 6.3K views · 27 likes · 6 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

На фоне аккаунтов своего размера

5 постов за последние 90 дней рядом с диапазоном 10K–100K подписчиков. показывается широко, но откликается мало кто.

Медианные просмотры19 593этот аккаунт1 004медиана для 10K–100K

Охват, %40.82%этот аккаунт3.97%медиана для 10K–100K

Вовлечённость, %1.03%этот аккаунт1.55%медиана для 10K–100K

Показатель	Этот аккаунт	Медиана для 10K–100K	Отношение
Медианные просмотры на пост	19 593	1 004	19.5×
Охват (просмотры ÷ подписчики)	40.82%	3.97%	10.3×
Вовлечённость	1.03%	1.55%	0.66×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

6.3K9 Sep

34K

47.3K11 Sep

7K12 Sep

19.6K14 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.63%9 Sep

0.61%

1.34%11 Sep

2.08%12 Sep

1.03%14 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes65.3%969 in total

Reposts11.2%166 in total

Replies5.5%82 in total

Quotes0.7%10 in total

Bookmarks17.3%256 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.