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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.
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) measure how well your lungs take in and exhale air and how efficiently they transfer oxygen into the blood. There are several different tests. 1  Spirometry measures how well the lungs exhale (breathe out). 2  Lung volume measures how well the lungs inhale (breathe in).