A CONSTRUCTIVE approach to the information explosion can be seen in the work of Calvin Kunin, MD, on urinary tract infections (UTIs). The first edition of his bookDetection, Prevention, and Management of Urinary Tract Infectionsis 200 pages long and represents the findings of 240 articles; the second edition, recently published, represents 500 articles and is 300 pages long. Realizing that it would be impossible under the time constraints of practice for everyone to either read or remember accurately the content of his book or the original articles, Dr. Kunin has, in an accompanying article, reduced the content to 0 pages and three flow charts. This was done with the expectation that the information he presents could then be used in the day-to-day practice of medicine for all patients regardless of time constraints, rather than just existing lifelessly between bookcovers. This communication presents decision tables as an alternative to