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Source: GUIPCAR Group. In: Clinical practice guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Madrid: Spanish Society of Rheumatology; 2001. 146 p. Algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Patient with suspected RA Meets diagnostic criteria? Consider other diseases Older than 16 years? Juvenile RA (Not covered in this guideline) Initial evaluation Burnt-out or end-stage RA? Treatment for symptoms and functional repair Pseudopolymyalgic RA? Treatment with corticosteroids Number of swollen joints Less than 6 6-10 Greater than 10 Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 3 Copyright: All copyrights reserved by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology.