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LCP critical care - first two paragraphs contain lots of redundant text

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http://lcp.mit.edu/cci.shtml

There seems to be lots of redundant text in the first two paragraphs.

Critical Care Informatics

Patients in hospital ICUs are physiologically fragile and unstable, generally have life-threatening conditions, and require close monitoring and rapid therapeutic interventions. They are connected to an array of equipment and monitors, and are carefully attended to by the clinical staff. A ...

Patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are physiologically fragile and unstable, generally have life-threatening conditions, and require close monitoring and rapid therapeutic interventions. They are connected to an array of equipment and monitors, and are carefully attended by the clinical staff. Staggering amounts of data are collected daily on each patient in an ICU: ...

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Open http://lcp.mit.edu/cci.shtml and inspect the “Critical Care Informatics” section, especially its first two paragraphs. Remove the redundant wording while preserving any distinct information, then verify that the page reads clearly without repeating the same description.

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