Nail-beds in a Sentence
  • The child may exhibit blueness of the skin (cyanosis), lips, or nail beds.
  • Reduced oxygen levels in the blood may produce a blue appearance of the nail beds or lips (cyanosis).
  • When in hypovolemic shock, systolic blood pressure taken in the arm is low or not detectable, the arms and legs are cool, and the nail beds may have a bluish or purplish discoloration.