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Diagnosing aspiration pneumonia. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms of pneumonia when risk factors and history are consistent with the likelihood of aspiration. Testing usually includes O2 sat, chest X-ray (CXR), complete blood count (CBC), sputum Gram stain, and sputum culture.
Your doctor will usually diagnose pneumonia with: 1  Your medical history. 2  A physical exam. 3  A chest X-ray, which is almost always done to check for changes in the lungs that may mean pneumonia and to look for other causes of your symptoms. A chest X-ray, which is almost always done to check for changes in the lungs that may mean pneumonia and to look for other causes of your symptoms. 2  But an X-ray does not always show whether you have pneumonia, especially if it is done when you first get sick. 3  In some cases, the X-ray results may: