This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81000533), the Project of Tianjin Applied Basic and Cutting-edge Technological Research (No. 13JCQNJC10500) and National Key Basic Research Program in China (No. 2005CB522600). Conflicts of interest: none.
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous condition that can lead to critical LLLness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) causing a high mortality and morbidity.Glucocorticoids were widel...